Process proc=runtime.exec("sh","-c","//home//usr//mkdir abcd") not working

Question

my servlet calling the above line is not executing to make a directory
"abcd" at specified location. i am using Mandrake Linux and Tomcat... can anybody expalin the error.

Answer 1

Hi raghutv,
I also have this error
I use Tomcat 4.0 and Window Me
Do u think that the problem is "Window OS" or Tomcat Setting
I have a problem. I want to complie the other Java Program "hi.java" using servlet.
I am compiling the servlet code succesfully, but the web page can't display anything.
The real path of "hi.java" is in the
D:\Program Files\Apache Tomcat 4.0\FYP\WEB-INF\classes\hi.java
This is my servlet code..............pls help.............thx!
/*********************** Hello.java *********************/
import java.io.*;
import java.util.*;
import javax.servlet.*;
import javax.servlet.http.*;
public class Hello extends HttpServlet
public void service(HttpServletRequest req,
HttpServletResponse res)
throws ServletException, IOException
try {
String path = getServletContext().getRealPath("\\WEB-INF\\classes\\hi.java");
Runtime runtime = Runtime.getRuntime();
Process process = runtime.exec("javac.exe " + path);
BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(process.getInputStream()));
PrintWriter com_out = res.getWriter();
com_out.println("<pre>");
String line = null;
while((line = br.readLine()) != null){
com_out.println(line);
//String[] cmd = { "ping.exe", "time.nist.gov" }; // Command and argument
//String[] cmd = { "javac.exe","hi.java"}; // Command and argument
//Process process = Runtime.getRuntime().exec(cmd); // Execute command
//Process process = Runtime.exec(cmd); // Execute command
//process.waitFor(); // Wait until process has terminated
catch (Exception e) {
System.err.println(e);