tell java program where is properties file

Question

I have done java program that I'm trying to install to linux machine. Unfortunately my program doesn't sees property file and gets default values. What is the way of telling java where is property file placed?

Program is placed in:
/opt/myProg

Properties are placed in:
/opt/myProg/config.ini


external jar:
/opt/myProg/lib

classes in packeges:
/opt/myProg/Prog


Command I'm trying to run my program:
java -cp /opt/myProg/lib/log4j.jar:/opt/myProg/Prog:/opt/myProg/. startpkg.runme

This command also does't helps:

java -cp /opt/myProg/lib/log4j.jar:/opt/myProg/Prog:/opt/myProg/. startpkg.runme -Dconfig.ini=/opt/myProg/config.ini

code that is trying to load props looks like:

p.load(new FileInputStream("config.ini"));

use -DconfigFile=/whatever/properties.pros and in your code just access it with System.getProperty("configFile") — BigMike, Sep 10 '13 at 14:37
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9150990/confused-about-java-properties-file-location — Darius X., Sep 10 '13 at 14:38
-1 You omit vital information. What does the code look like that you wrote to load the properties file? Or are you trying to configure log4j? — Aaron Digulla, Sep 10 '13 at 14:58
... and current directory is System.getProperty("user.dir") on all platforms. — PeterMmm, Sep 10 '13 at 17:22

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 10 '13 at 19:14

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Use maven directory structure. Put all properties in src/main/resources and load them with

Properties prop = new Properties();
prop.load(PropertiesUtil.class.getClassLoader().getResourceAsStream("application.properties"));

answered Sep 10 '13 at 19:14

Marcin Szymczak

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