On Mon, 4 Oct 1999, Nick Rothwell wrote:
> > Does anyone know how I can execute an OS command like "dir" from a
> > servlet?
> >
> Runtime.getRuntime().exec()?
> >
> > And if it's possible, does it compromise the portability? I guess so.
> >
> I'll say. I don't even have "dir" on our server. I'm sure
> there are much better ways of getting directory listings from Java
> itself - I've not investigated.
For something like "dir" in particular, try java.io.File's list()
method.
Milt Epstein
Research Programmer
Software/Systems Development Group
Computing and Communications Services Office (CCSO)
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC)
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