How to execute an external program : UNIX Win32 « Development Class « Java

1. Java
2. Development Class
3. UNIX Win32

How to execute an external program

  
import java.util.List;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Map;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;

/**
 * ProcessBuilderDemo shows how to execute an external 
 * program (in this case the MS-Windows notepad program).
 */
public class ProcessBuilderDemo {

  public static void main(String argv[]) 
  throws InterruptedException, IOException {
    
    List<String> command = new ArrayList<String>();
    command.add("notepad");
    command.add("foo.txt");
    ProcessBuilder builder = new ProcessBuilder(command);
    Map<String, String> environ = builder.environment();
    environ.put("PATH", "/windows;/windows/system32;/winnt");
    builder.directory(
      new File(System.getProperty("user.home")));

    final Process godot = builder.start();
    
    godot.waitFor();

    System.out.println("Program terminated!");
    return;
  }
}



           
         
    
  

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