Can I find out what variable java.library.path maps to on the current platform?

Question

So far I\'ve learned the following about the java.library.path property:

• It\'s used when loading native libraries, as opposed to java classes
• Its defa

Answer 1

On my linux box, here is what I would do:

$ cat GetSystemProperty.java
import java.util.Properties;
import java.util.Enumeration;

public class GetSystemProperty {
  public static void main(String args[]) {
    if( args.length == 0 ) {
      Properties p = System.getProperties();
      Enumeration keys = p.keys();
      while (keys.hasMoreElements()) {
        String key = (String)keys.nextElement();
        String value = (String)p.get(key);
        System.out.println(key + " : " + value);
      }
    }
    else {
      for (String key: args) {
        System.out.println(System.getProperty( key ));
      }
    }
  }
}
$ javac GetSystemProperty.java
$ java GetSystemProperty java.library.path
/usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk/jre/lib/amd64/server:/usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk/jre/lib/amd64:/usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk/jre/../lib/amd64:/usr/java/packages/lib/amd64:/usr/lib/jni:/lib:/usr/lib