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Bug 190789

Summary:	The run options should support environment variables
Product:	java	Reporter:	darbie <darbie>
Component:	Project	Assignee:	Tomas Zezula <tzezula>
Status:	NEW ---
Severity:	normal
Priority:	P3
Version:	6.x
Hardware:	PC
OS:	Windows XP
Issue Type:	ENHANCEMENT	Exception Reporter:

Description darbie 2010-10-05 22:35:11 UTC

I want to specify something like this when I run a java program from NetBeans:

-Djava.security.policy=file:$TAPE_LIB_SIM/config/rmiServer.policy

but I have not found a way to get NetBeans to read my TAPE_LIB_SIM environment 
variable and replace it with the proper string.

To work around this for now I have to hard code the path like this:
Djava.security.policy=file:/home/billd/projects/motionSimBranch/java/custRel/config/rmiServer.policy

This works for me, but when another team member pulls up the same project from source control on their machine, the /home/billd/... path is not valid for them.

However, $TAPE_LIB_SIM is set properly on both our machines, so support for env. variables would help us.

Please add in support for environment variables for all run options:
both arguments and vm options.

Comment 1 Jesse Glick 2010-10-15 15:05:12 UTC

I believe env vars are already available using "env." or "Env." prefixes (acc. to whether you want case sensitivity), but can't remember.