hey michael, System.getenv() didn't exist in jdk 1.4 when the code was initially written and System.getenv(String) was deprecated in jdk 1.4... i believe it was rewritten and undeprecated in jdk 1.5 and System.getenv() was added... so ya it probably should be using System.getenv()... a patch with several unit-tests would be welcomed as far as i'm concerned... chris?
-brian On Jan 15, 2013, at 10:58 AM, Starch, Michael D (388L) wrote: > Hi All, > > Why does the OODT Commons code for reading environment variables run the > command line utility "env" instead of calling System.getEnvironment()? > > http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/oodt/trunk/commons/src/main/java/org/apache/oodt/commons/exec/EnvUtilities.java > > We are running into transient problems in our version where environment > variables are sometimes being set to null. I am wondering if this is a > problem with the added complexity of running env over and over again getting > env variables, instead of using the built in java mechanisms for getting this > info. > > -Michael
