System.getenv() not finding environment variables on Eclipse (Mac)

Question

I tried doing everything but my environment variables are just not recognized on Mac.

The image is attached below.

System.getenv("TEST_LOGIN_DBKEY") returns null although the variable is present.

Answer 1

You need to use launchctl to tell eg, Eclipse about these variables.

launchctl setenv TEST_LOGIN_DBKEY key-goes-here

You can automate this and extend it to all your bash environment variables by placing the following at the bottom of your ~./bashrc :

set | sed 's/=/ /' | xargs launchctl setenv

The set prints the list of defined variables, the sed replaces equals signs in the set output with spaces, as that's how launchctl expects the variables. Finally, xargs passed each variable to launchctl 's set env command.