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Can someone show me how it works?
I dont need any return values, just execute a Batch File or a Command
Thx, Guardian

Hi Luke,
Just wanna add 2 things to what you've written. (your sample code)
Point 1pro.waitFor(); should be called before attempting the read anything from the process' InputStream if you don't want to lose anything your process might print out. When Runtime.getRuntime.exec("your_command") is executed, the resulting process is just another runaway thread unless you tell you calling thread to wait for this process to end before proceeding further. This is where waitFor() comes in.
Point 2Runtime.getRuntime().exec("C:\\command.com /C mybat.bat"); works but it is pretty platform dependent. If you need to write platform independent stuff, you could just drop the command.com stuff and go right to the batch file or the command you need to execute. I've managed to just survive with Runtime.getRuntime().exec("mybat.bat");Regards,
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