Re: Runtime Exec Example

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From: Rich Wilkman
Date: Tue, 15 May 2001 16:02

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Sara:

What version of Windows?  Basically:

Runtime.getRuntime().exec("the exact command you would do at the dos
prompt").

However you may need to preface the command with command.com /c or
cmd.exe 
or start

You can quickly see how, even on one OS, Runtime.exec is not exactly
portable.

-Rich

Sara Swartz wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Can anyone show me an example of using a dos command in a Java program?
> Ideally, I would like to run the commands in the program and not have to
> call a batch file, but if that isn't possible, how I would call the batch
> file?
> 
> The command would remap (and later un-map) the user's Z: drive. Is it
> possible to do that in Java without having to go through the batch file at
> all?
> 
> Thanks,
> Sara

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