Matt,
Thanks for a reply. I actually typed cmd incorrectly which I fixed in
the same post later on. sorry about that

cmd = ""home/qaplay/loader/604/soaploaderclient.ps nemo 50624 55604
genevaman qa /home/vpatanka/604Current/lib/loader/data/
DuplicateTransactionTest.0.lrd -bcp"

I think I know what you are talking about. Are you talking about
StreamGobbler or something of that sort? I did google it for my
problem and saw a few posts talking about it so just wondering.
I'll try it out n will get back to you soon. Thanks

I was wondering if its possible to read only stdout as a temporary fix
if its gonna work, would this hang up problem be still there if I just
do

Process proc = Runtime.getRuntime().exec(cmd);
BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(new
InputStreamReader(proc.getInputStream()));
proc.waitfor (in the try catch block)
........
........

I actually tried the above version but didn't work

On May 24, 5:53 pm, "Mike  Schilling" <mscottschill...@hotmail.com>
wrote:

Alright so here is my new code now, I implemented it the way you said
(with some online help)
class StreamGobbler extends Thread {
    InputStream is;
    String type;

    StreamGobbler(InputStream is, String type){
        this.is = is;
        this.type = type;
    }

    public void run(){
        try{
            InputStreamReader isr = new InputStreamReader(is);
            BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(isr);
            String line = null;
            while((line = br.readLine()) != null){
                System.out.println(type+">"+line);
            }
        }
        catch(IOException ioe){
            ioe.printStackTrace();
        }
    }
}

class CommandExecuter {
   public static String stdout = null;
   public static String stderr = null;
   private String line;

   public CommandExecuter (String cmd) throws java.io.IOException{
   System.out.println("CommandExecuter: EXECUTING COMMAND: "+cmd);
    Process proc = Runtime.getRuntime().exec(cmd);

    StreamGobbler errorGobbler = new
StreamGobbler(proc.getErrorStream(),"ERROR");
    StreamGobbler outputGobbler = new
StreamGobbler(proc.getInputStream(),"OUTPUT");

    errorGobbler.start();
    outputGobbler.start();

    try{
        //VicP - temporary code to check the process status
            int val = proc.waitFor();
        //proc.wait(120000);
        }
        catch (Throwable t){
            t.printStackTrace();
        }
}
}
But now the question is how do I set the value of stdout and stderr in
CommandExecuter(As we are doing the stuff in thwo different threads
now)? I need these values as they are checked in the calling function
(which calls the Command executer constructor). Could you please
suggest me some changes to get this?
On May 24, 5:53 pm, "Mike  Schilling" <mscottschill...@hotmail.com>
wrote: