Directory configuration not working correctly about dotenv-kotlin HOT 8 CLOSED

Ahh I see. That's totally fixed. I included the resources folder under src/main instead of in the root of the project.

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@jessevdp, this is the correct behavior. The two paths are different locations.
The first, ./ is a relative path, thus Dotenv will search with respect to the current working directory
The second, / is an absolute path, thus Dotenv will search the root of your filesystem for .env

Note if there are no matches, Dotenv will then search the java classpath. It's common that this be the resources directory particularly if you're using the maven project structure

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@jessevdp this stuff gets a bit tricky, but ultimately, you need to know the directory from which java is executed from. It determines the point from which relative paths are resolved e.g. ./

You're IDE may also set this directory. If possible, it may be worth executing your app from the command line to be absolutely sure which directory you are running from

Let me know if i can help in anyway, I definitely want to get this working for you

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These examples may help

Spring: .env is pulled from the classpath. It is stored in resources directory:
https://github.com/cdimascio/kotlin-swagger-spring-functional-template/tree/master/src/main/resources

There is an Android example in the README as well, if needed

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I am using maven. I did just try to make a resource directory and put the .env file in there and I removed all the configuration. This still gave me the same error.

I am using Eclipse so there's a slight chance that just adding the folder didn't have the desired effect. I know there's a .classpath file. I'm just not very used to what it does or how to use it. By default it's excluded from source control as well.

I come from the world of Node.js where everyone has to compile and execute their apps from the command line. These concepts are kind of foreign to me.

https://github.com/cdimascio/kotlin-swagger-spring-functional-template/tree/master/src/main/resources`

That link is broken, should remove the back-tick.

The first, ./ is a relative path, thus Dotenv will search with respect to the current working directory
The second, / is an absolute path, thus Dotenv will search the root of your filesystem for .env.

Oeps, that's true. Guess it was in too having a bit of tunnel vision yesterday 😂

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@jessevdp here is a super basic example of a Maven project using dotenv where .env lives in the the resources directory

https://github.com/cdimascio/java-dotenv-example

Be sure to set up the directory structure as shown in this example. It aligns with the standard Maven structure.

The example has instructions to run on the command line. Once, you see that work, try from eclipse

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Here is a direct link to the actual code (you'll find it is very simple):

https://github.com/cdimascio/java-dotenv-example/blob/master/src/main/java/io/github/cdimascio/examples/dotenv/Main.java

And a link to the .env file
https://github.com/cdimascio/java-dotenv-example/blob/master/src/main/resources/.env

And the pom.xml file
https://github.com/cdimascio/java-dotenv-example/blob/master/pom.xml

Again, the project is set up using the Maven structure. Assuming you set your project up similarly (which is recommended even if not using java-dotenv), it should work

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Excellent! I added the example to the README. closing this out

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