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In .bash_profile I have listed many env variables as follows:

export JAVA_HOME=...
export PYTHON=... 
...

System.getenv() returns a list of env variables (e.g., SHELL, TMP_DIR) but not those listed in .bash_profile. Where these are coming from and how to get the ones in .bash_profile?

Thanks!

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Eclipse takes them from the run configuration. menu Run->Run Configurations...

Select your app, switch to the arguments tab, and put your env variables down there, eg:

-Dname=value

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Wait a sec! That's System.getProperties(), not getenv(). Doh.
Adding the env under configuration worked. Thanks! Would be nice to do it programmatically too. Just tried System.getProperties() and it returns a lot of stuff but not the env listed in .bash_profile
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You probably want them in .bashrc instead of .bash_profile. See the INVOCATION section of the bash man page for details of how and when certain init files are loaded.

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Oh, that assumes that you're running eclipse from the bash session where you've exported the variables. If running from the desktop, you'll either have to create a custom script that exports them for you or else put the variables in /etc/environment, where you don't export them, just list them like "JAVA_HOME=...".
That's exactly what I ran into when I tried to create a quick launch icon in the tool bar on Linux, and writing a simple script to start Eclipse was the solution.
Oops, on MAC, it should be /etc/launchd.conf or ~/.launchd.conf instead of /etc/environment. For example: digitaledgesw.com/node/31

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