How to pass system properties to a jar file

Question

I have a main class that expects certain properties that I pass using the -D option. I can access this in my IDE by sending them as VM options.

I package this applic

Answer 1

Adding to Elliott's answer, if I just run this then I get an error:

java -Djna.nosys=true -jar jenkins.war

but if I add quotes like this then it works:

java "-Djna.nosys=true" -jar jenkins.war

Answer 2

Pass the arguments before the -jar. If you pass them after the jar file they are interpreted as command line parameters and passed to the String[] args in main. Like,

java -Denviroment=dev -jar myjar.jar