Can I Pass String with Spaces in it To exec()

Question

Hello All,
I am passing a Command in Runtime.exec() method, which is a String and contains a folder name(Folder---Name) which is having Spaces in it. For eg. c:/Folder/Folder(Spaces in between)Name/Data.java
My Problem is when i pass it to exec() it automatically gets converted to a Folder name with only one space
E.g c:/Folder/Folder(One Space in between)Name/Data.java,
Because of which my command is not able to find the Folder specifed.
I want the Original Path(c:/Folder/Folder(Spaces in between)Name/Data.java) to be passed and executed through
exec() so that the command runs successfully..........
Any help will be highly appreciable..
Thanks
Er.Atul

Answer 1

When I make a simple array of String a, Try to run simple command like "change Directory"....
*try {*+
String[] a = {"cd atul", "cd poc"};+
Runtime runtime = Runtime.getRuntime();+
Process procedure = runtime.exec(a);+
+*} catch (IOException ex) {*+
Logger.getLogger(Testing.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE, null, ex);+
It Gives me this type of Exception............
Feb 20, 2009 5:13:36 PM Testing <init>
SEVERE: null
java.io.IOException: Cannot run program "cd atul": CreateProcess error=2, The system cannot find the file specified
at java.lang.ProcessBuilder.start(ProcessBuilder.java:459)
at java.lang.Runtime.exec(Runtime.java:593)
at java.lang.Runtime.exec(Runtime.java:466)
at Testing.<init>(Testing.java:26)
at Testing.main(Testing.java:36)
Caused by: java.io.IOException: CreateProcess error=2, The system cannot find the file specified
at java.lang.ProcessImpl.create(Native Method)
at java.lang.ProcessImpl.<init>(ProcessImpl.java:81)
at java.lang.ProcessImpl.start(ProcessImpl.java:30)
at java.lang.ProcessBuilder.start(ProcessBuilder.java:452)
*... 4 more*