How to get windows domain name in gradle taks?

Question

I am to switch between DB localhost or a dev server DB depending on the system I am running the code.

in the build.gradle

System.getenv()

System.getProperty("test.property") but this one comes as null.

2 possible solutions, 1) set the System varibale 2) Try some other way to get the domain

Appreciate your answers

Expecting a way to get the domain so that i can decide which DB and other scripts to be used.

Answer 1

To read an env var in gradle,

• var myvar = "$System.env.myvar"
• System.getenv("myvar")

Also, try to avoid special characters such as . in env prop names.

If you really want to get the domain name, consider executing a windows command and store the output in a string.

How to use exec() output in gradle

Other options could be...

Creating .local file with no content, adding it to .gitignore , and then checking its existence. It could be created in the local dev machines, but be missing from other places.

Adding something to the ~/.gradle/gradle.properties file. Because this is picked up on the local machine, you can test for it. But, in other places where it is not set, you wouldn't see it.