Parameter to shell script using Runtime.exec(string)
Hi all, ( Speciall hi to dheeraj tak )
Briefly : How do i pass an arguement to a non - java executible being called using Runtime.exec.
In detail : i am using Runtime.exec to call a shell script : The code is as follows:
String callAndArgs[] = {"/home/tom/jakarta-tomcat-4.1.24/webapps/dash/script.sh"};
try {
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Process child = rt.exec(callAndArgs);
This works properly & calls the shell script which in turn invokes some other executible (c file).
$HOME/midi/test/build/bin/<C-EXECUTIBLE>
Here i am specifying the name (say hello.exe ) . So far so good.
I want to make this happen dynamiclaly. so i need to pass the name of the executible as a parameter to the script.
To pass a parameter i hav to change the string to :-
String callAndArgs[] = {"/home/tom/jakarta-tomcat-4.1.24/webapps/dash/script.sh <C-EXECUTIBLE HERE>"};
and the script to
$HOME/midi/test/build/bin/$1 --- where $1 refers to argument 1. (C-EXECUTIBLE AGAIN).
This is giving an IO - Execption. Plz help
Code will be very helpful.
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some 1 plz tell me the difference :-
This is the documentation of Runtime.exec that i found :-
1> exec
public Process exec(String command) throws IOException
Executes the specified string command in a separate process.
The command argument is parsed into tokens and then executed as a command in a separate process. This method has exactly the same effect as exec(command, null).
Parameters:
command - a specified system command
Complete refernce says : Process (String progName) ----- Executes a program specified by programname as a seperate process.
2> exec
public Process exec(String cmdarray[]) throws IOException
Executes the specified command and arguments in a separate process.
The command specified by the tokens in cmdarray is executed as a command in a separate process. This has exactly the same effect as exec(cmdarray, null).
Parameters:
cmdarray - array containing the command to call and its arguments.
Complete reference says : Process exec(String comLineArray[]) ---- Executes the command line specified bythe string in comLineArray as a seperate process.
This means that there is provision 4 command line arguments...
how do u use it then????????????????????????????
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