+1, BFost :) Mike?
Cheers, Chris On 1/15/13 10:24 PM, "Brian Foster" <holeno...@me.com> wrote: > >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/apac >>he/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 >
