Runtime.getRuntime().exec

[Nagamani Srivastava]

Hi All,

I am trying to open a file using Runtime.getRuntime().exec("cmd /C" + filepath). this doesn't work if I have brackets in the file name.
Say C:\My Workspace\Registry\ERPReports\ALV_Demo_Program_(Output_Simplest_version).csv

Can anyone help??

thanks & regards
Nagamani

[Paul Michael]

Did you try escaping (add a slash \ before special characters) the braces?

[Jesper de Jong]

Welcome to JavaRanch.

You posted your question in the forum about the SCJA exam, but it looks like your question doesn't have anything to do with SCJA. I will move it to a more appropriate forum for you.

Please choose the appropriate forum when you post a question on JavaRanch.

[Nagamani Srivastava]

if we add escape char before (, then my path string becomes invalid.

[Paul Michael]

Nagamani Srivastava wrote:if we add escape char before (, then my path string becomes invalid.

Ah sorry for that. Did you also try working on a directory name without spaces?