hi there I am trying to execute javac command from my servlet but it not letting me do it . i am using tomcat server. here is the code wht i am trying to run:
Process proc1=null; Runtime rt1 = Runtime.getRuntime(); proc1 = rt1.exec(new String[]{"javac","/vol1/people/dinesh/jakarta-tomcat-4.0.6/webapps/examples/WEB-INF/classes/HelloWorldExample.java"}); BufferedReader err1 = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(proc1.getErrorStream())); String line1 = null; while ( ( line1 = err1.readLine()) != null) out.println( line1); and the error i get is: /vol1/people/dinesh/jakarta-tomcat-4.0.6/webapps/examples/WEB-INF/classes/HelloWorldExample.java:8: package javax.servlet does not exist import javax.servlet.*; ^ /vol1/people/dinesh/jakarta-tomcat-4.0.6/webapps/examples/WEB-INF/classes/HelloWorldExample.java:9: package javax.servlet.http does not exist import javax.servlet.http.*; ^ /vol1/people/dinesh/jakarta-tomcat-4.0.6/webapps/examples/WEB-INF/classes/HelloWorldExample.java:17: cannot resolve symbol symbol : class HttpServlet location: class HelloWorldExample public class HelloWorldExample extends HttpServlet { ^ /vol1/people/dinesh/jakarta-tomcat-4.0.6/webapps/examples/WEB-INF/classes/HelloWorldExample.java:20: cannot resolve symbol symbol : class HttpServletRequest location: class HelloWorldExample public void doGet(HttpServletRequest request, ^ /vol1/people/dinesh/jakarta-tomcat-4.0.6/webapps/examples/WEB-INF/classes/HelloWorldExample.java:21: cannot resolve symbol symbol : class HttpServletResponse location: class HelloWorldExample HttpServletResponse response) ^ /vol1/people/dinesh/jakarta-tomcat-4.0.6/webapps/examples/WEB-INF/classes/HelloWorldExample.java:22: cannot resolve symbol symbol : class ServletException location: class HelloWorldExample throws IOException, ServletException ^ 6 errors if i run this command in my unix shell it works fine but not when i try to run this command from servlet. i have a copy of servlet.jar file in lib directory of tomcat and a classpath to it is also set in my .login file. please advice wht need to be done? thanks dinesh ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body of the message "signoff SERVLET-INTEREST". Archives: http://archives.java.sun.com/archives/servlet-interest.html Resources: http://java.sun.com/products/servlet/external-resources.html LISTSERV Help: http://www.lsoft.com/manuals/user/user.html