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in thread Using . in variable name

The variable is being passed to an ant script which invokes JUnit test cases. The Java code is reading the properties and the property name is defined as app1.url and as such in the Java code and we have been asked not to change that.

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Re^3: Using . in variable name
by Anonymous Monk on Apr 17, 2015 at 09:35 UTC
    so why do you think your perl variabe has to be named app1.url?

    "properties" does not describe ipc such as system

    app1.url is probably just a string you give as an argument to the java program

    system $java, $jar, @otherargs, 'app1.url=yadayada';
      Good point!! Going to try that!