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Re: (java.lang.Runtime()).exec(new String[]) ...

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From	Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid>
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On 10 Dec 2011 06:01:03 GMT, lbrt chx _ gemale wrote, quoted or
indirectly quoted someone who said :

>~ 
> Why doesn't something like,  say:
>~ 
> Process proc = (java.lang.Runtime()).exec((new String[]{"date;", "time","ls", "-l", "/media/sda1/Physical_Basis.flv;", "date;"}));
 
because date and time are not programs, but elements of a script that
requires a commend interpreter program.

See http://mindprod.com/jgloss/exec.html
for how to spawn a command interpreter.
-- 
Roedy Green Canadian Mind Products
http://mindprod.com
For me, the appeal of computer programming is that
even though I am quite a klutz,
I can still produce something, in a sense
perfect, because the computer gives me as many
chances as I please to get it right.

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(java.lang.Runtime()).exec(new String[]) ...  lbrt chx _ gemale - 2011-12-10 06:01 +0000
  Re: (java.lang.Runtime()).exec(new String[]) ... Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2011-12-09 23:00 -0800
  Re: (java.lang.Runtime()).exec(new String[]) ... Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2011-12-10 02:44 -0800
  Re: (java.lang.Runtime()).exec(new String[]) ... Nigel Wade <nmw-news@ion.le.ac.uk> - 2011-12-12 14:31 +0000

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