Sometimes, when I create a process with Runtime.exec, waitFor never
returns, even though I'm clearing the error and output streams.
Here is my code, with important lines starred:
static void shexec(String command) throws
InternalErrorException {
String[]
commandArray = {"/bin/sh", "-c
Thanks for the reply.
>Lynx isn't a shell script, you can invoke it directly in the exec() call.
The reason I don't invoke lynx directly is because I am redirecting its
output to a file, which of course requires a shell. I think that was
obscured by some bad line breaks in my original message
e.exec, because it
includes redirection. Do you know how to get lynx to do what I want
(convert a html file into text)?
Ellen Spertus
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At 09:57 PM 5/18/2001 -0500, Joi Ellis wrote:
>Lynx is writing the rendered text to stdout, which you're reading and
>throwing away. Why not read it and write it to the file yourself?
I thought doing it with redirection would be simpler, but apparently
not. I rewrote it so my program grabs the
