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I have a property TOOLS_DIR that i exported in bash
I have the following line in my java file:
String toolsDir = System.getProperty("TOOLS_DIR");
Why is this returning null? is the a compatibility issue with linux or something?
Environment variables and properties aren’t the same thing. If you want to pass in an environment variable as property you have to add the following to your java invocation:
Alternatively, you can use
System.getEnv()