You might want to look into the java.io.File.renameTo method...it's
a lot easier than troubleshooting subprocesses.
Rod McChesney, Korobra Corporation
Chitra Jain wrote:
>
> I am trying to move files using the "mv" command on Unix from a servlet
> where the names of the files
> are passed in as parameters.
>
> This is what I have in my moveFiles(String sourceFile, String destFile)
> method
>
> Runtime rt = Runtime.getRuntime();
> Process proc = null;
>
> String[] command = {"mv", sourceFile, destFile};
> proc = rt.exec(command);
>
> But for some reason I can't get it to work. There are no errors returned
> from the system either
> What am I doing wrong here. Any pointers ?.
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Chitra
>
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