Java: wait for exec process till it exits

Question

I am running a java program in Windows that collects log from Windows events. A .csv file is created on which certain operations are to be performed.

The commands a

Answer 1

You need to use waitFor() instead of wait(). That way your thread will block until the executed command finishes.

Answer 2

This shall work. If not, specify WHAT exactly does not work

Runtime commandPrompt = Runtime.getRuntime();
try {           
    Process powershell = commandPrompt.exec("powershell -Command \"get-winevent -FilterHashTable @{ logname = 'Microsoft-Windows-PrintService/Operational';StartTime = '"+givenDate+" 12:00:01 AM'; EndTime = '"+beforeDay+" 23:59:59 ';  ID = 307 ;} | ConvertTo-csv| Out-file "+ file +"\"");
    powershell.waitFor();
} catch (IOException e) { }
// remaining code

Answer 3

I found the answer here Run shell script from Java Synchronously

public static void executeScript(String script) {
    try {
        ProcessBuilder pb = new ProcessBuilder(script);
        Process p = pb.start(); // Start the process.
        p.waitFor(); // Wait for the process to finish.
        System.out.println("Script executed successfully");
    } catch (Exception e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
    }
}