Here you can find the source of execute(String[] commandArray)
public static BufferedReader execute(String[] commandArray) throws IOException, InterruptedException
//package com.java2s; /*//from w w w . j a va 2 s . c om * RuntimeUtility.java - GUI for converting raster images to SVG using AutoTrace * * Copyright (C) 2003 Robert McKinnon * * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 * of the License, or any later version. * * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the * GNU General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. */ import java.io.IOException; import java.io.BufferedReader; import java.io.InputStreamReader; public class Main { public static void execute(String command) throws IOException, InterruptedException { Runtime runtime = Runtime.getRuntime(); Process process = runtime.exec(command); waitForCompletion(process); } public static BufferedReader execute(String[] commandArray) throws IOException, InterruptedException { Runtime runtime = Runtime.getRuntime(); Process process = runtime.exec(commandArray, null, null); waitForCompletion(process); return new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(process.getInputStream())); } private static void waitForCompletion(Process process) throws InterruptedException, IOException { BufferedReader errorReader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(process.getErrorStream())); process.waitFor(); if (errorReader.ready()) { StringBuffer buffer = new StringBuffer(errorReader.readLine()); while (errorReader.ready()) { buffer.append('\n' + errorReader.readLine()); } errorReader.close(); String message = buffer.toString(); if (message.indexOf("premature end of file") == -1) { throw new RuntimeException(message); } } } }