How Do I check PATH and CLASSPATH environment variables from java?
Solution 1
Because CLASSPATH
and PATH
are environment variables, not Java System Properties. System properties can be passed to your java process using -Dkey=value
.
Try using System.getenv() instead.
Solution 2
Use System.getenv
instead of System.getProperty
. Note that you can also get the effective classpath for the current Java process with:
System.getProperty("java.class.path");
And that this value can, and in most cases will, be different from whatever your CLASSPATH
environment variable is setup to be.
Soul Enrapturer
Updated on July 09, 2022Comments
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Soul Enrapturer almost 2 years
I am making a java program to read an audio.wav file with JMF.I have to set path from cmd every time my computer restarts like this
set CLASSPATH=%WINDIR%\java\classes\jmf.jar;%WINDIR%\java\classes\sound.jar;.;%CLASSPATH%
and
set PATH=%WINDIR%\System32;%PATH%
otherwise the program will compile but not run I wanted to do it through
System.setProperty(key,value);
I don't know cmd commands,so in order to check the value of CLASSPATH and PATH after setting it through cmd I tried
public void checkProperty (){ System.setProperty("temporaryvar","blahblah"); System.out.println(""+System.getProperty("temporaryvar"));//prints out blahblah System.out.println(""+System.getProperty("CLASSPATH"));//prints out null System.out.println(""+System.getProperty("PATH"));//prints out null }
I get it printed out as
blahblah null null
What's the reason I am getting the value of variable I set from the program back but not the one I set from the cmd?Is this the right approach?I need to set both these paths from java..plz help