Santosh Dawara wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> What if someone tried a
> Runtime.getRuntime().exec("java"); ?
> or Runtime.getRuntime().exec("javac");
>
> I get an IOException for the same.
> Wheras, native applications (like "ls" and "clear") work fine.
>
> Whats the differance between the two calls ?
>
On my system, ls is a binary, but java is a shell script wrapper.
I think you need to exec /bin/sh and pass "-c /path/to/java"
That's what I'd try, anyway.
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