How to read environment variables in Java
You can set environment variables or pass them in using the -Dvariablename syntax
SET logfile=/location/to/my/log/file.log
or
java -Dlogfile=/location/to/my/log/file.log HelloWorld
When you want to access these environment variables from your Java source file you can use
Java 1.5 and newer:
String logfileLocation = System.getenv("logfile");Java 1.4 and older:
String logfileLocation = System.getProperty("logfile");
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