Eclipse and environment variables

[Roger Eriksson]

Hi

I'm sorry if this isn't the right news group for this question but I
couldn't find any other that would fit better.

I'm looking for a way to define a variable, preferable in Eclipse but at
least outside of the source code itself, and then use it in the code.

For example, to define the username of the developer somewhere in Eclipse
so that it will replace a variable in the source code when compiling the
program without the risk of ending up in the repository.

If there's no way to do this from Eclpise, is there any suggestions on how
to do it.