running command line commands with arguments...

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doneirik - 16 Feb 2007 07:19 GMT

Dear forum,

I need to run a command line like command with arguments in the java
code.
Now I have things stored in a .bat file that I execute , however, I
would like to run everything from the java code itself. Would that be
possible?

java code:
Runtime r = Runtime.getRuntime();
try
{
String s = "latTest.bat";
r.exec(s);
}
catch (Exception ioe)
{}

bat file:

@ECHO OFF

cd c:\Program files\MikTex 2.5
pdflatex C:\Temp\testfile.tex
testfile.pdf

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Gordon Beaton - 16 Feb 2007 15:49 GMT

> I need to run a command line like command with arguments in the java
> code. Now I have things stored in a .bat file that I execute ,
> however, I would like to run everything from the java code itself.
> Would that be possible?

Yes. Have you not read the API documentation for Runtime.exec()?

String cmd = "pdflatex C:\\Temp\\testfile.tex testfile.pdf"
File dir = new File("C:\\Program files\MikTex 2.5");
Process p = Runtime.getRuntime().exec(cmd, null, dir);

/gordon

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