> I have a servlet which needs to interact with another application. The
> problem is that the application normally works from commands entered at a
> DOS prompt window. I need to be able to invoke the command and trap the
> output. I think I have seen this done before but can't remember where.
>
int result = 0;
Process proc = null;
try
{
proc = Runtime.getRuntime().exec("yourCommand.exe arg1 arg2 arg3");
// Refer to java.lang.Runtime for other ways to invoke exec()
BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(new
InputStreamReader(proc.getInputStream()));
BufferedReader err = new BufferedReader(new
InputStreamReader(proc.getErrorStream()));
PrintWriter out = new PrintWriter(proc.getOutputStream(),true);
do
{
// Send some output
// Read some input from the standard input or standard error stream
// etc.
} while (true);
}
catch (IOException e)
{
}
finally
{
result = proc.exitValue();
}
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