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Running a program from a Java Application

 
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I just want to find out how to run a program from a Java Application. (like running the unix date command from a Java Application). Is there some sort of system command that does this, or how would it be done? Thank you.
 
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Look at java.lang.Runtime.exec()
 
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I wrote this small program to run the date command within the java application.
import java.lang.*;
import java.io.*;
class rundate {
public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
String dateCommand = "date";
rundate champ = new rundate();
Runtime rt = Runtime.getRuntime();
Process proc = rt.exec(dateCommand);
}
}
This compiles and runs. Now is this suposed to actually run the date command so i see it
on the screen? Because there is no output on the screen? If so please help me out, or tell me how I could. Thanks
 
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For executables you can use something like:
Process p = Runtime.getRuntime().exec("notepad.exe OpenMe.txt");
To run DOS commands in a Windows OS you can use
Runtime.getRuntime().exec("cmd /K del File1.txt");
(the older version of windows use the "command" executable)
You can also do:
Runtime.getRuntime().exec("cmd /K start run.bat");
I am not a UNIX person - so I do not know what the equivalent for cmd.exe is.
 
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