Hi,
What if someone tried a
Runtime.getRuntime().exec("java"); ?
or Runtime.getRuntime().exec("javac");
I get an IOException for the same.
Wheras, native applications (like "ls" and "clear") work fine.
Whats the differance between the two calls ?
Regards,
Santosh.
Nathan Meyers wrote:
>
> On Fri, Sep 29, 2000 at 10:47:49AM -0600, Jason Janelle wrote:
> > Hi fellow coders,
> > I have been writing java on WindowsNT boxes for a while and am just
> > trying out java on Linux. I was trying to issue a command to the
> > system via this line of code:
> >
> > Runtime.getRuntime().exec("ls > dir.txt");
>
> Yes, you need to specify a shell to interpret shell metacharacters like '>'. Try
> this:
>
> Runtime.getRuntime().exec(new String[] { "/bin/sh", "-c", "ls > dir.txt" });
>
> Nathan
>
> >
> > It compiles and such but I get no dir.txt. I tryed a waitFor()
> > statement but no help. In windows you have to do "cmd /c dir >
> > dir.txt" in the exec() and I was wondering if you have to specify a
> > shell for linux to run in as well. BTW I'm running Mandrake 7.0.
> > Any Ideas?
> >
> >
> > --------------
> > Thanks,
> > Jason Janelle
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> >
> >
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