Runtime.exec has taken my sanity.

Question

I have been battling this command. All I get is "exit value: 1" using the "when runtime exec wont" code.
I've gotten to the point where I only see red. What am I doing wrong?
          String[] cmd = {
               "c:\\program files\\lynx\\lynx.exe",
               "-cfg=c:\\program files\\lynx\\lynx.cfg",
               "-lss=c:\\program files\\lynx\\lynx.lss",
               "-dump " + webpage,
               "> " + filename};
      Process proc = rt.exec(cmd);

Answer 1

The redirection operator '>' has to be interpreted by a command processor. You are not using one. I would expect to see something like
String[] cmd = { "cmd.exe",
                        "/C",
               "\"c:\\program files\\lynx\\lynx.exe\" \"-cfg=c:\\program files\\lynx\\lynx.cfg\" \"-lss=c:\\program files\\lynx\\lynx.lss\" -dump \"" + webpage + "\" > \"" + filename +"\""};The quotes round the argument are needed because the file names contain spaces. Very messy. :-) You need to check that I have got that bit right - I hate checking quotes.
P.S. I assume you have read, digested and implemented the recommendations in the 4 sections of [http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-12-2000/jw-1229-traps.html|http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-12-2000/jw-1229-traps.html] .