How to run a .bat file with string arguments?

Question

Hi,
I have a problem in running a .bat file with string arguments
- the file is XPathOverlap.bat with 2 stringarguments like: "/a" and "//a"
- the cmd: c:\Downloads>XPathOverlap "//a" "/a" works fine.
- here is my code:
public static void test(){
     try{
          String loc1 = "//a";
          String loc2 = "/a";
          String[] cmdarray = {"c:\Downloads\XPathOverlap", loc1, loc2};
          Process p = Runtime.getRuntime().exec(cmdarray);
          p.waitFor();
          System.out.println("Exit Value: "+p.exitValue());
          //code to print command line replies
          InputStream cmdReply = p.getInputStream();
          InputStreamReader isr = new InputStreamReader(cmdReply);
          BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(isr);
          String line = null;
          while((line=br.readLine())!=null){
               System.out.println(line);
     }catch(Throwable t){
          t.printStackTrace();
How can i run this bat file with 2 string arguments?

Answer 1

Hi,
thanks thats good and helpfully
so this code works:
String loc1 = "\"/a\"";
String loc2 = "\"//a\"";
String path = System.getenv("MuSatSolver");
String[] cmdarray = {"cmd.exe","/C",path+"XPathOverlap.bat", loc1, loc2};
Process p = Runtime.getRuntime().exec(cmdarray);
p.waitFor();
System.out.println("Exit Value: "+p.exitValue());
InputStream cmdErr = p.getErrorStream();
InputStreamReader isrErr = new InputStreamReader(cmdErr);
BufferedReader brErr = new BufferedReader(isrErr);
String line2 = null;
while((line2=brErr.readLine())!=null){
     System.out.println("Error: "+line2);
but now i have another problem, this is the output:
Exit Value: 0
Error: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: fr/inrialpes/wam/treelogic/_xml/XPathOverlap
Error: Exception in thread "main" The Exit value is 0, so the process terminates normally.
I have tested this bat file in cmd and there it works correctly.
Why do i get this error message?