Processbuilder works from command line but not on deployment server

Question

I need to deploy my code on a 10g oc4j Oracle server. When I ssh into the server and run the following code, it works:
import java.util.*;
import java.io.*;
public class Launcher {
public static void main(String args[]) throws IOException {
String url = "http://www.ebay.com";
String[] commands = {"/bin/sh", "-c", "/opt/sfw/bin/firefox ", url, "-width", "1600", "-height", "1200", ":5"};
ProcessBuilder pb = new ProcessBuilder(commands);
env.put( "DISPLAY", ":5" );
Process process = pb.start();
It launches firefox and I can see the process running when I use "ps -ef | grep firefox". Firefox runs in a virtual frame buffer since this is a headless server. Originally I had problems just getting this code working by itself, but now it works fine.
However when I deploy the exact same code via Oracle application server, it doesn't do anything. Not only do no processes show up but I have added different output statements into this code and have verified that firefox never launches. However no error is ever thrown either, even when I just test for generic Exceptions. So any ideas on what I can do to get this running?

Answer 1

Caffeine0001 wrote:
sabre150 wrote:
Solerous wrote:
Also, I do handle the stdIn and stdOut in the code. I was trying to pair down the code in my inclusion of it here to just give the bear minimum for running it. Here is my code for handling it if you'd like to see it:
InputStream is = process.getInputStream();
     InputStreamReader isr = new InputStreamReader(is);
     BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(isr);
     String line;
     System.out.printf("Output of running %s is:",
     Arrays.toString(commands));
     while ((line = br.readLine()) != null) {
     System.out.println(line);
     }I don't see stderr being handled and your command array is still wrong.
Edited by: sabre150 on Dec 10, 2008 4:48 PM
If he were to call [ProcessBuilder.redirectErrorStream(true)|http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/api/java/lang/ProcessBuilder.html#redirectErrorStream(boolean)] then all he has to handle is stdout.
True, then that would be just one more important thing that the OP failed to post in his "*exact* same code" .