Currently, I am trying to pass a system property to an executable in the following format: ./executable -Dvar="value" other parameters, since this is what I've seen people do for java files. I keep getting an error in the executable saying that -Dvar="value" doesn't exist as a parameter. Where am I going wrong? Are system properties exclusive to Java or something?
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The -D parameter sets a system property. The system properties can be accessed through System.getProperty("<your parametername>");
A tutorial is given here https://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/essential/environment/sysprop.html
The -D is consumed by the java runtime (java.exe) and will be invisible to your application on the commandline.
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Ok, but how do I then add the system property when using an executable that uses java, not a jar? – iHowell May 26 '16 at 12:30
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same, but instead of -jar, you call the class. You should consider reading the documentation on how to run java applications. – thst May 27 '16 at 05:43