Re: Java Runtime getRuntime().exec not work in AIX

From:
Daniel Pitts <newsgroup.nospam@virtualinfinity.net>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.java.programmer
Date:
Fri, 23 Sep 2011 10:20:16 -0700
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On 9/23/11 7:31 AM, SamuelXiao wrote:

On Sep 23, 5:56 am, Daniel Pitts
<newsgroup.nos...@virtualinfinity.net> wrote:

On 9/22/11 8:09 AM, SamuelXiao wrote:

Hi All,

I have a Java program that needs to run a command in AIX environment.
The code is as follows:

String[] cmds ={"/bin/ksh","-c","uuencode /log/test.log attached.log |
mailx -s 'Testing' a...@example.com "};
Process process = Runtime.getRuntime().exec(cmds);

But I found that it does not work, the cmd is fine because I have
tried it in AIX without using these code. It seems that AIX does not
allow the process to be created?

Does anyone know if there is any configuration to allow it in AIX? I
have also post this question in the AIX forum.

Any help would be highly appreciated.


Read the javadocs for process. You need to have something reading the
stdout/stderr, or they may block when the buffer fills.

Also, consider using ProcessBuilder instead.

<http://download.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/lang/ProcessBuilder...>


Thanks for your reply. I cannot use ProcessBuilder because the program
uses Java 1.4.
The environment is as follows:
Java: 1.4.x
AIX 5.3

My advice still applies, you need to "drain" the stdout and stderr buffer.

It is unfortunate that you are on such an antiquated set up. Java 1.4
was surpassed by Java 1.5 on September 30, 2004, nearly 7 years ago.

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