java.lang.Process process.exitValue() return 9

Hi,

While i am executing the following code, i am getting the exitvalue as 9 instead of 0.

Process process = null;
InputStream inStream = null;
try {
process = Runtime.getRuntime().exec(command);
process.waitFor();
int exitValue = process.exitValue();
log.debug("Process has exited (exit value={})", exitValue);

}.....

I am getting the exitValue as 9 instead of 0. Can any one help me on this.

If i comment the process.waitFor(); line, the system throws InterruptedException.

Thanks
Madhu

Surely the 9 depends on which program you are invoking?

madhusudhanan anna wrote:
While i am executing the following code, i am getting the exitvalue as 9 instead of 0.

Then that is the exit value of the command. You need to look into that command's documentation and find out what its exit codes mean and what might cause it to return 9.

Hi

My environment is Sun Solaris X86.

If i execute this code in a standalone program it works fine.

If i put the above code in my project and run in the glassfish server, i am getting this error.

Thanks
Madhu

madhusudhanan anna wrote:Hi

My environment is Sun Solaris X86.

If i execute this code in a standalone program it works fine.

If i put the above code in my project and run in the glassfish server, i am getting this error.

Thanks
Madhu

You need to look into that command's documentation and find out what its exit codes mean and what might cause it to return 9.

Nor can I, but shall we get back to the official subject of this thread?

Campbell Ritchie wrote:shall we get back to the official subject of this thread?

Not sure what else there is to be said at this point. All we know is that some unknown process runs fine from a standalone but gives exit code 9 in glassfish. I think the ball is in the OP's court now.

I've removed a few posts that were going off topic, as I feel that madhusudhanan anna's issue isn't resolved yet. Moving this thread to MD would probably mean the issue would never be resolved, and that's not what the Ranch is about.

Speaking of the original issue, madhusudhanan anna, can you tell us what the value of command is? Perhaps you've included some shell operators; java.lang.Process can't handle those itself.