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How run run an external program in Java

Posted by Gareth Lewis on May 02, 2001 at 10:09 AM

> I am able to run external command on linux platform, but I want to run "cd" command on linux Platform. How to run "cd" command.

> Bhushan

Try the following. Remember this sort of thing makes your applications platform specific.

// Test.java

import java.io.*;

public class Test {
public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException, InterruptedException {
Runtime arg = Runtime.getRuntime();
// arg.exec("c:/winnt/notepad.exe");
Process child = arg.exec("notepad");

// child.destroy();
child.waitFor();
System.out.println(child.exitValue());
}
}