Setting the environment for ProcessBuilder

Question

I have a strange problem setting the Linux environment from Java (1.6); specifically the \"PATH\" variable.

In a nutshell, I have a pipeline for running native proce

Answer 1

On Linux:

String path = System.getenv("HOME");

ProcessBuilder pb = new ProcessBuilder("/bin/bash","-c","export PATH=" +
    "PATH-TO-ADD" + ":" + path + " && exec");

In this case the PATH variable is updated as per the need and the executable is searched in new $PATH. This worked for me on Linux.