Problem in opening a doc file using Runtime.exec()

Question

Code:
import java.io.*;
class StreamGobbler extends Thread {
    InputStream is;
    String type;
    StreamGobbler(InputStream is, String type) {
        this.is = is;
        this.type = type;
    public void run() {
        try {
            InputStreamReader isr = new InputStreamReader(is);
            BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(isr);
            String line=null;
            while ( (line = br.readLine()) != null) System.out.println(type + ">" + line);   
        catch (IOException ioe) {
             ioe.printStackTrace(); 
public class GoodWindowsExec {
    public static void main(String args[]) {
         String file = "test.doc";
         String appPath = "/C";
        try {
            String osName = System.getProperty("os.name" );
            System.out.println("OS : " + osName);
            String[] cmd = new String[3];
            if( osName.equals( "Windows NT" ) || osName.equals( "Windows XP" )) {
                cmd[0] = "cmd.exe" ;
                cmd[1] = appPath;
                cmd[2] = file;
            else if( osName.equals( "Windows 95" ) ) {
                cmd[0] = "command.com" ;
                cmd[1] = appPath;
                cmd[2] = file;
            Runtime rt = Runtime.getRuntime();
            System.out.println("Execing " + cmd[0] + " " + cmd[1] + " " + cmd[2]);
            Process proc = rt.exec(cmd);
            // any error message?
            StreamGobbler errorGobbler = new StreamGobbler(proc.getErrorStream(), "ERROR");           
            // any output?
            StreamGobbler outputGobbler = new StreamGobbler(proc.getInputStream(), "OUTPUT");
            // kick them off
            errorGobbler.start();
            outputGobbler.start();
            // any error???
            int exitVal = proc.waitFor();
            System.out.println("ExitValue: " + exitVal);       
        catch (Throwable t) {
            t.printStackTrace();
}I got this code from internet. Program will work fine if my "test.doc" is in "C:\test.doc" directory. Is there any way to get the application path and open the doc file or how to give a specified path for my doc file
EG:- "C:\TestDir\test.doc"
Thanks

Answer 1

Well /C is not the path to the app. It is a switch to
the command line.
set your file name to "C:/test.doc"
~TimSorry, I guess my reply doesn't really answer the problem. But you can supply the entire path as part of the file name string.
String file = "C:/Path/To/My/File/to execute/test.doc"