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

Thanks! even tho that article focused on windows ;) it helped, i was
lacking the 'bash' (i'm on unix) part of my command.. (or as the article
mentioned command.exe on windows..)

Thanks again.
Sohaila


 On Fri, 23 Aug 2002, David Rosenstrauch wrote:

> 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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