Bill Gladen wrote: > > I've used it a little. > > getInputStream and getOutputStream get stdout and stdin, respectively, > which always seems a little bit backward to me ( just the naming, not > the direction ). > > You can read the data that comes in on the stream and put it somewhere > useful. I've often wished for a InputStreamToOutputStreamBridge, but > as far as I know, you have to do it yourself. > > Hope this answered the question you asked. > I was getting confused on the different forms of exec and how to pass commands through it. I thought that the commands had to be passed to the String array but another gentleman showed me how to invoke a command with all options from a single String. I now just call a shell script passing it parameters from the Java exec and let it do th rsync work. Thank you for your time. -- Perry Hoekstra E-Commerce Architect Talent Software Services perry.hoekstra at talentemail.com