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Created November 14, 2011 02:34
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Finding JAVA_HOME on OSX
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find_java_home.rb
#!/usr/bin/env ruby
java_dir = %x[ls -l $(which java)].split.last
java_home_command = java_dir.gsub('java', 'java_home')
print "JAVA_HOME is: "
java_home = system(java_home_command)
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fnichol commented Nov 22, 2011

There is also a command (/usr/libexec/java_home) from Lion down to Leopard (possibly lower) that can tell you what JAVA_HOME has been set to. https://github.com/fnichol/bashrc/blob/master/bashrc#L156-158

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