[TCLUG-DEVEL] Calling a shell script from a Java program

[Liz Burke-Scovill]

Silly question, I know, but does it work correctly when you run it from
the prompt directly?

What about:

Process t_process = t_runtime.exec("webcopy \"file1.html file2.html\"");
?

Liz Burke-Scovill


On Wed, 25 Jul 2001, Perry Hoekstra wrote:

> Hello all,
> 
> I have a question concerning calling a shell script from Java through 
> the exec method.  My problem is passing multiple values as a single 
> variable.  Example
> 
> Process t_process = t_runtime.exec("webcopy 'file1.html file2.html'");
> 
> I want both files sent through to the $1 arg in my webcopy shell script. 
>   However, when webcopy is invoked, file1.html is passed through the $1 
> arg and file2.html is passed in the $2 arg because of the space.  I have 
> tried both single and double quotes.  Is there any way to pass a space 
> delimited string as a single arguement?
> 
> 

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