Java Data Type Tutorial - Java ProcessBuilder.start()

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Syntax

ProcessBuilder.start() has the following syntax.

public Process start()  throws IOException

Example

In the following code shows how to use ProcessBuilder.start() method.

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import java.io.IOException;

public class Main {

   public static void main(String[] args) {

      // create a new list of arguments for our process
      String[] list = {"notepad.exe", "test.txt"};

      // create the process builder
      ProcessBuilder pb = new ProcessBuilder(list);
      try {
         // start the subprocess
         System.out.println("Starting the process..");
         pb.start();
      } catch (IOException ex) {
         ex.printStackTrace();
      }
   }
}

The code above generates the following result.

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