You can use:
java.lang.Process proc= java.lang.Runtime.exec("Yourcommand");
//while loop to get process output:
proc.getOutputStream().read(buf);
Is that what you are talking about?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Daniel Lynn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2002 4:04 PM
Subject: invoking program
> I've got a task that I'm trying to accomplish and I think there's some
chancew
> that servlets might be a solution. Would anyone be able to point me in the
> right direction?
>
> I need to have a program that I can send a request to (without importing
the
> code into another program) and have it return a string, much like you can
do
> with coding a CGI in C. It would need to run on our server even if called
from
> another. Any suggestions?
>
> -Dan
>
>
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