title: Run Tomcat in debugging mode with system properties
body: <p>I am trying to run tomcat in debuging mode. In the startup I want to add also some system properties, but I could not achieve this. I am running :</p>
  
  <pre><code>    ./catalina.sh jpda run -Dtest.variable="value"
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>and when I try to access the value of the variable, I get always null:</p>
  
  <pre><code>    System.out.println(null == System.getProperty(test.variable)); //prints always true
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Does somebody know any solution for this problem? Thank you!</p>