On 5 July 2012 20:12, Jordan Grant <[email protected]> wrote: > I have written two implementations using commons-exec that are functionally > the same in Windows, but our production environment is in OpenVMS. I am > curious as to whether one approach or the other is preferred for portability. > I noticed that the CommandLauncherFactory is capable of producing a > VmsCommandLauncher and assume that the second approach is more portable than > the first somehow. Does the DefaultExecutor use the CommandLauncherFactory > and the CommandLauncher under the covers, rendering the approaches basically > the same? > > 1) > CommandLine cmd = CommandLine.parse("ping localhost"); > DefaultExecutor executor = new DefaultExecutor(); > > 2) > CommandLauncher launcher = CommandLauncherFactory.createVMLauncher(); > CommandLine cmd = CommandLine.parse("ping localhost"); > Process process = launcher.exec(cmd, null); > PumpStreamHandler outputHandler = new PumpStreamHandler(); > outputHandler.setProcessOutputStream(process.getInputStream()); > outputHandler.start(); > > process.waitFor(); > > outputHandler.stop();
This is not a full answer, but: Using CommandLine#parse() is not recommended for portability. Use CommandLine#addArgument() instead. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
