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Bug 136557

Summary:	Use of system env variables in config files
Product:	platform	Reporter:	m4g3 <m4g3>
Component:	-- Other --	Assignee:	issues@platform <issues>
Status:	NEW ---
Severity:	blocker
Priority:	P3
Version:	6.x
Hardware:	All
OS:	Windows XP
Issue Type:	ENHANCEMENT	Exception Reporter:

Description m4g3 2008-06-05 15:07:02 UTC

Can support for system env variables in config files be added? 
For example in netbeans.conf i would like to specify the following entry:
netbeans_default_userdir="%HOMEDRIVE%%HOMEPATH%\.netbeans\6.1"

From what i understand only $HOME is supported atm.