Platform independent distribution cannot find preconfigured data and settings

[emxsys]

The GEOSERVER_DATA_DIR environment variable is not set in v0.3.0 platform independent binary distribution's startup.sh shell script. The GEOSERVER_DATA_DIR variable should point to the data_dir folder in the root of the distribution. Without this setting, GeoServer runs with the application defaults (no preconfigured data or settings).

Issue discovered by @eirizarry when testing on Mac OS.

Solution:

Suggested fix (taken from GeoServer 2.11.1):

#Find the configuration directory: GEOSERVER_DATA_DIR
if [ -z $GEOSERVER_DATA_DIR ]; then
    if [ -r "$GEOSERVER_HOME"/data_dir ]; then
        export GEOSERVER_DATA_DIR="$GEOSERVER_HOME"/data_dir
    else
        echo "No GEOSERVER_DATA_DIR found, using application defaults"
	      GEOSERVER_DATA_DIR=""
    fi
fi

Workaround

Prior to running startup.sh, set the GEOSERVER_DATA_DIR to the data_dir folder found at the root of the unzipped distribution.