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Bug 136557 - Use of system env variables in config files
Summary: Use of system env variables in config files
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: platform
Classification: Unclassified
Component: -- Other -- (show other bugs)
Version: 6.x
Hardware: All Windows XP
: P3 blocker (vote)
Assignee: issues@platform
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Reported: 2008-06-05 15:07 UTC by m4g3
Modified: 2009-01-06 14:16 UTC (History)
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Description m4g3 2008-06-05 15:07:02 UTC 
Can support for system env variables in config files be added? 
For example in netbeans.conf i would like to specify the following entry:
netbeans_default_userdir="%HOMEDRIVE%%HOMEPATH%\.netbeans\6.1"

From what i understand only $HOME is supported atm.