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Hi,

I'm trying to run perl script using java by :



Here is my perl script :



My problem is that, apparently the system() calls are not done.

Is it possible to call the command system through perl using java ?


Any idea why ?

thanks,

Apocys
 
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"Apparently"? You aren't sure?

The command shell neither knows nor cares that a Java program is executing it. So your question is the wrong one. I would start by making sure that you didn't make a bad assumption about the current working directory of that script; if you did, you would have looked in the wrong place for the supposed output files and wouldn't have found them.
 
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You need to read the 4 sections of http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-12-2000/jw-1229-traps.html and implement the recommendations. You are falling for at least two of the traps.

In particular you must handle 'stderr' (your failure to do so meant you did not see the error message saying the perl script could not be found) and you must either specify the current working directory so the the perl scipt is found or you must specify the full path to the perl script.

i.e. Either


or

 
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Or use a ProcessBuilder and call redirectErrorStream(true) on it. This will merge stdout and stderr, leaving only one stream to be read.
 
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