Looking at http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/ant/core/trunk/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Execute.java?view=markup procEnvironment()
Netware, os/2, z/os, unixes and windows are supported. OpenVMS and MacOS <= 9 seems to be unsupported platforms. MacOS <=9 has no environment variable at all ! This method also has been "un deprecated" on Java 5 and can be used on such a runtime. We can invoke it if System.getProprty("java.version") returns > 1.5. Nico. 2007/9/19, nicolas de loof <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > My idea was simply to copy/paste code from the ant Property class. > AFAIK this one has been largely tested and works on many (if not all > ?) platforms. > > Nico. > > 2007/9/19, Oliver Heger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > nicolas de loof wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > > > Did anyone allready ask for support in commons-configuration to acces > > > environement variables, the same way it is available with ant > > > <property> ? > > > > > > I'll need it and can contribute for this. > > > > > > Nico. > > > > > > > There is an enhancement ticket about this topic [1] with a longer > > discussion. There was also a thread on the mailing list at this time. > > > > How would you implement access to OS environment variables in a portable > > way? > > > > Oliver > > > > [1] http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CONFIGURATION-284 > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]