Environment variable setup in mac for running a java application

Question

I am trying to setup a environment variable in OS X Yosemite. i am using zsh. i added

  export NEW_HOME=/Users/k/app/

and then loaded the file with

  source .profile or source .bash_profile

but when i restart the terminal it goes away. Then i added this to .zshrc file. It works. I can get the environment variable from terminal now. But the java application which requires this ENV value is not getting.

I really do not understand whats going on. Can u help me?

`zsh` is not a terminal, it is a shell. Think of the terminal as a piece of hardware. — William Pursell, May 19 '15 at 22:50
possible duplicate of [Setting environment variables in OS X?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/135688/setting-environment-variables-in-os-x) — Rob Napier, May 20 '15 at 00:18
Do you start the java application from the shell or via some other way (Finder for example)? — Adaephon, May 20 '15 at 11:13
Unlike some other Unix systems, Mac OS X logins are not created from an initial shell environment. Ensuring that your Java app receives the correct environment depends heavily on how you are starting it. — chepner, May 20 '15 at 15:21

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered May 21 '15 at 00:18

Its solved by creating a environment.plist file in Library/Launchctl and seting the setenv inside string.

~/Library/LaunchAgents/local.launchd.conf.plist

  <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
    <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
      <plist version="1.0">
        <dict>
           <key>Label</key>
             <string>local.launchd.conf</string>
               <key>ProgramArguments</key>
                 <array>
                   <string>setenv NEW_HOME /Users/k/app/</string>

                 </array>
               <key>RunAtLoad</key>
               <true/>
            </dict>
          </plist>

And after restating the Mac it started working.

Environment variable setup in mac for running a java application

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