Runtime class in java

Question

How to execute a java program with the help of Runtime.getRuntime().exec(). For example we shall have the java file path as c:/java/abc.java. Please help me with the code.

Answer 1

Please see the excellent resource which used to be called javaalmanac.

http://www.exampledepot.com/egs/java.lang/Exec.html

try {
    // Execute a command with an argument that contains a space
    String[] commands = new String[]{"grep", "hello world", "/tmp/f.txt"};
    commands = new String[]{"grep", "hello world", "c:\\Documents and Settings\\f.txt"};
    Process child = Runtime.getRuntime().exec(commands);
 } catch (IOException e) {
 }