How to run a batch script (.bat file) from eclipse

Question

My Java application is started by running a set of commands that are present in a batch file (.bat file). And I imported this into Eclipse workbench. How do I execute the ba

Answer 1

Or, you could create an Ant build file, which can call external applications.

This will give you the advantage to call the .bat not only from Eclipse, but other IDE's, or from command line (on any machine).

http://ant.apache.org/manual/Tasks/exec.html