Re: can't get Runtime.getRuntime().exec to work..

Take a look at this article:

http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-12-2000/jw-1229-traps_p.html

It should help you solve your problem.


DR


At 10:37 AM 8/23/2002 -02-30, you wrote:
>Hi, I have the following code
>
>             String tmp2 = "hmm";
>             String cmd1 = "html2ps -o "+tmp2+".ps "+tmp2+".html";
>             System.out.println("going to do "+cmd1);
>             Process p = Runtime.getRuntime().exec(cmd1);
>             BufferedReader stdInput = new BufferedReader(new
>                         InputStreamReader(p.getInputStream()));
>             BufferedReader stdError = new BufferedReader(new
>                         InputStreamReader(p.getErrorStream()));
>             // read the output from the command
>             String s;
>             System.out.println("Here is the standard output of the
>                 command:\n");
>             while ((s = stdInput.readLine()) != null) {
>                 System.out.println(s);
>             }
>             //wait for end of process and get exit status
>             int status ;
>             status = p.waitFor();
>             if (status != 0) {
>                 System.out.println("The command returned a status of " +
>                 status);
>             }
>
>             // read any errors from the attempted command
>             System.out.println("Here is the standard error of the command
>                 (if any):\n");
>             while ((s = stdError.readLine()) != null) {
>                 System.out.println(s);
>             }
>
>
>         } catch (InterruptedException intexc) {
>           System.out.println("Interrupted Exception on waitFor: " +
>             intexc.getMessage());
>         } catch (IOException e) {
>           System.out.println("ExecuteCmd.main() : " +  e);
>         } catch (Exception e) {
>           System.out.println("ExecuteCmd.main() : " + e);
>         }
>
>and I get the following output
>
>going to do html2ps -o hmm.ps hmm.html
>Here is the standard output of the command:
>
>The command returned a status of -1
>Here is the standard error of the command (if any):
>
>
>hmm.ps doesnt get created and i get no errors.. but when i do that command
>on the command shell it creates hmm.ps with no problem..
>
>any suggestions why?
>
>thanks
>sohaila

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