In my Java application, I want to run a batch file that calls "scons -Q implicit-deps-changed build\file_load_type export\file_load_type"
It seems that I can't even get my batch file to execute. I'm out of ideas.
This is what I have in Java:
Runtime.
getRuntime().
exec("build.bat", null, new File("."));
Previously, I had a Python Sconscript file that I wanted to run but since that didn't work I decided I would call the script via a batch file but that method has not been successful as of yet.
Batch files are not an executable. They need an application to run them (i.e. cmd).
On UNIX, the script file has shebang (#!) at the start of a file to specify the program that executes it. Double-clicking in Windows is performed by Windows Explorer. CreateProcess does not know anything about that.
Runtime.
getRuntime().
exec("cmd /c start \"\" build.bat");
Note: With the start \"\" command, a separate command window will be opened with a blank title and any output from the batch file will be displayed there. It should also work with just `cmd /c build.bat", in which case the output can be read from the sub-process in Java if desired.
Sometimes the thread execution process time is higher than JVM thread waiting process time, it use to happen when the process you're invoking takes some time to be processed, use the waitFor() command as follows:
try{
Process p = Runtime.getRuntime().exec("file location here, don't forget using / instead of \\ to make it interoperable");
p.waitFor();
}catch( IOException ex ){
//Validate the case the file can't be accesed (not enought permissions)
}catch( InterruptedException ex ){
//Validate the case the process is being stopped by some external situation
}
This way the JVM will stop until the process you're invoking is done before it continue with the thread execution stack.
Runtime runtime = Runtime.getRuntime();
try {
Process p1 = runtime.exec("cmd /c start D:\\temp\\a.bat");
InputStream is = p1.getInputStream();
int i = 0;
while( (i = is.read() ) != -1) {
System.out.print((char)i);
}
} catch(IOException ioException) {
System.out.println(ioException.getMessage() );
}
ProcessBuilder is the Java 5/6 way to run external processes.
To run batch files using java if that's you're talking about...
String path="cmd /c start d:\\sample\\sample.bat";
Runtime rn=Runtime.getRuntime();
Process pr=rn.exec(path);`
This should do it.
The executable used to run batch scripts is cmd.exe which uses the /c flag to specify the name of the batch file to run:
Runtime.getRuntime().exec(new String[]{"cmd.exe", "/c", "build.bat"});
Theoretically you should also be able to run Scons in this manner, though I haven't tested this:
Runtime.getRuntime().exec(new String[]{"scons", "-Q", "implicit-deps-changed", "build\file_load_type", "export\file_load_type"});
EDIT: Amara, you say that this isn't working. The error you listed is the error you'd get when running Java from a Cygwin terminal on a Windows box; is this what you're doing? The problem with that is that Windows and Cygwin have different paths, so the Windows version of Java won't find the scons executable on your Cygwin path. I can explain further if this turns out to be your problem.
Process p = Runtime.getRuntime().exec(
new String[]{"cmd", "/C", "orgreg.bat"},
null,
new File("D://TEST//home//libs//"));
tested with jdk1.5 and jdk1.6
This was working fine for me, hope it helps others too.
to get this i have struggled more days. :(
I had the same issue. However sometimes CMD failed to run my files.
That's why i create a temp.bat on my desktop, next this temp.bat is going to run my file, and next the temp file is going to be deleted.
I know this is a bigger code, however worked for me in 100% when even Runtime.getRuntime().exec() failed.
// creating a string for the Userprofile (either C:\Admin or whatever)
String userprofile = System.getenv("USERPROFILE");
BufferedWriter writer = null;
try {
//create a temporary file
File logFile = new File(userprofile+"\\Desktop\\temp.bat");
writer = new BufferedWriter(new FileWriter(logFile));
// Here comes the lines for the batch file!
// First line is #echo off
// Next line is the directory of our file
// Then we open our file in that directory and exit the cmd
// To seperate each line, please use \r\n
writer.write("cd %ProgramFiles(x86)%\\SOME_FOLDER \r\nstart xyz.bat \r\nexit");
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
} finally {
try {
// Close the writer regardless of what happens...
writer.close();
} catch (Exception e) {
}
}
// running our temp.bat file
Runtime rt = Runtime.getRuntime();
try {
Process pr = rt.exec("cmd /c start \"\" \""+userprofile+"\\Desktop\\temp.bat" );
pr.getOutputStream().close();
} catch (IOException ex) {
Logger.getLogger(MainFrame.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
}
// deleting our temp file
File databl = new File(userprofile+"\\Desktop\\temp.bat");
databl.delete();
The following is working fine:
String path="cmd /c start d:\\sample\\sample.bat";
Runtime rn=Runtime.getRuntime();
Process pr=rn.exec(path);
This code will execute two commands.bat that exist in the path C:/folders/folder.
Runtime.getRuntime().exec("cd C:/folders/folder & call commands.bat");
import java.io.IOException;
public class TestBatch {
public static void main(String[] args) {
{
try {
String[] command = {"cmd.exe", "/C", "Start", "C:\\temp\\runtest.bat"};
Process p = Runtime.getRuntime().exec(command);
} catch (IOException ex) {
}
}
}
}
To expand on #Isha's anwser you could just do the following to get the returned output (post-facto not in rea-ltime) of the script that was run:
try {
Process process = Runtime.getRuntime().exec("cmd /c start D:\\temp\\a.bat");
System.out.println(process.getText());
} catch(IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
The following method starts the cmd in Windows and it takes a parameter of the command which need to be run.
I have tested this method using the following commands: net users and it worked fine and it printed the users accounts. but if I run the dir command I get the following error:
java.io.IOEXception:
Cannot run program "dir": CreateProcess error=2, The system cannot find the file specified (in java.lang.ProcessBuilder)
Code :
private String commandOutPut;
public void startCommandLine(String s) throws IOException{
Runtime runtime = Runtime.getRuntime();
Process process = runtime.exec(s); // you might need the full path
InputStream is = process.getInputStream();
InputStreamReader isr = new InputStreamReader(is);
BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(isr);
String commandOutPut;
while ((commandOutPut = br.readLine()) != null) {
this.commandOutPut = this.commandOutPut + "\n" + commandOutPut;
}
System.out.println(this.commandOutPut);
}
Well, obviously, your method does not start cmd. How did you get this notion?
The net command is a standalone command so it runs just fine, but the dir command is not standalone, it is an internal command of cmd.exe, so you cannot run it without launching cmd.exe to execute it.
To get it to work you will have to pass not dir but cmd.exe /c dir or something like that.
Don't know if this perception can help you. But, seems that "net users" are recognized as Windows command, since "Execute" dialog can run it.
But, for some reason, the "dir" command aren't. When try to run, Windows responds that command was not found.
Additionaly, I tried run Command with inline arguments too, but the arguments are simply ignored. (sorry for bad english)
My best guess is that this is because "net" is a real executable (there is a file WINDIR\System32\net.exe"), while "dir" is a builtin command of the command interpreter - it has no executable and is directly executed within cmd.exe.
Howevever you may get around this be invoking "dir" command inside the cmd process. The syntax - as per Microsoft docs - is:
cmd /c dir
There are also some related answers on the site:
How to execute cmd commands via Java
Run cmd commands through java
You can use the following code for this
import java.io.*;
public class demo
{
public static void main(String args[])
{
try
{
Process pro=Runtime.getRuntime().exec("cmd /c dir");
pro.waitFor();
BufferedReader redr=new BufferedReader(
new InputStreamReader(pro.getInputStream())
);
String ln;
while((ln = redr.readLine()) != null)
{
System.out.println(ln);
}
}
catch(Exception e) {}
System.out.println("Done");
}
}
I am indebted always．
How can I do to start the external program of java, but it does not work.
In the following program, although I will work if started from the command line,but,It does not work when i run in eclipse on.
I am out error that appears is, and can not load the main class is missing or(エラー:メインクラスがみつからないかロードできません).
How will be able to run an external program in eclipse on what if?
Please kindly advise Thank you．
package test.jersey.resources;
public class Execute02 {
public static void main(String[] args) {
String filename = "C:\\Users\\omiz12032\\workspace3\\TestJavaServlet\\src\\test\\jersey\\resources\\start.bat";
try {
Process proc = Runtime.getRuntime().exec(filename);
System.out.println("実行中");
proc.waitFor();
System.out.println("実行終了");
} catch( Exception e ) {
System.out.println(e);
}
}
}
You're calling Runtime.exec(String) which delegates to Runtime.exec(String[], String[], File) in two steps, result in nulls for second and third parameters.
Those are envp and dir. Inheriting envp (aka Environment Variables) from your Java process shouldn't be a problem. The bigger problem is dir which is the working directory. If the .bat file you're calling is not well-written (not ready for being executed outside its directory) it'll fail to resolve its dependencies when using your program's working directory. Try the following:
File workingDir = new File("C:\\Users\\omiz12032\\workspace3\\TestJavaServlet\\src\\test\\jersey\\resources");
// the no-array call of exec tokenizes your command which may lead to unexpected results if it contains spaces
// also you can put arguments here as well as separate array elements
String[] command = { "start.bat" }; // for example { "start.bat", "--fooBar" }
Process proc = Runtime.getRuntime().exec(command, null, workingDir);
I tried out a simple program to execute Linux command at run time. But the following program gets compiled and runs without any error, but the text file is not getting created as intended.Is there anything wrong in this program?
import java.io.*;
class ExecuteJava
{
public static void main(String args[])
{
String historycmd = "cat ~/.bash_history >> Documents/history.txt";
try
{
Runtime runtime = Runtime.getRuntime();
Process proc = runtime.exec(historycmd);
}
catch(Exception e)
{
System.out.println(e);
}
}
}
Try accessing some of the functions Process provides. I'd start with exitValue. Typically a -1 indicates something went wrong while a 0 means nothing especially bad happened.
Also try InputStream and Error Stream, and read them fully. See if either has useful feedback for you.
Other than that, try what andy256 suggests in comments. Ensure the Documents directory exists in the executing directory of the program.
The append operator >> is meant to be interpreted as part of the command shell. Use
String[] historycmd =
{ "bash", "-c", "cat ~/.bash_history >> Documents/history.txt"};
I'm running the closure templates compiler on a soy file using a watch - it just runs
java -jar SoyToJsSrcCompiler.jar --outputPathFormat simple.js simple.soy
every time the file changes.
The problem is that it takes a long time for the jar to load up each for each run. Is there an easy way (easy=command line tool) that would keep the JVM running to make each run faster?
Checkout Nailgun
http://www.martiansoftware.com/nailgun/index.html
You can create a simple class that calls SoyToJsSrcCompiler's main method passing the args taken from System.in.
Something like this (not tested) (enter "quit" to exit the application):
public static void main(String args[]) throws Exception
{
BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
while (true)
{
System.out.println("Enter command (eg: --outputPathFormat simple.js simple.soy): ");
String line = br.readLine();
if (line.equals("quit"))
break;
com.google.template.soy.SoyToJsSrcCompiler.main(line.split(" +"));
}
}
And execute your launcher withouth arguments:
java -cp MyLauncher.jar:SoyToJsSrcCompiler.jar launcher.MyLauncher