Re: trouble with Runtime.getRuntime().exec(cmd) on Linux

From: Scott Lurndal (scott_at_slp53.sl.home)
Date: 12/27/03 

Date: Sat, 27 Dec 2003 19:21:56 GMT

jkpangtang@yahoo.com (JW) writes:
>Hi,
>
>I don't seem to get any results from the following use
>of Runtime.getRuntime().exec(cmd) using Java 1.4 on
>Redhat linux.
>
>Suppose that in the same directory as my java file below,
>I have files junk1, junk2, junk3, and i want
>to have the java program delete all of these files.
>
>However, when I run the following code,
>no deletion occurs.
>What am I doing wrong?

It is 'exec', not 'execvp'. You need to provide the
full path to the executable:

   String[] cmd = { "/bin/rm", "-f", "junk*" };

scott