bug (?) in ProcessBuilder.redirectErrorStream(true);

[gadasie]

Hi All,

I was trying to run a process using the ProcessBuilder and ran into a problem:
when running the command with ProcessBuilder and redirecting the errors to output stream (with redirectErrorStream(true) method) we expect all the error messages to be in the ex.getMessage(), as the implementation in runProcess collects all the error messages and throws exception with all these errors in its message.

Specifically doesn't work: the command I'm trying to run is starting a service on my machine (Windows XP).
When the service is already started, and I'm running the command again: The result is a failure, but the error message is 'null' (printed in the message).

BUT if running it with Runtime.exec() and doing the same operation as ProcessBuilder does to collect the errors- the error appears as should be.

Is there anyone familiar with this???

thanks in advance,
Einav.

[gadasie]

The bug was found.. and (surprisingly?!) in my code...

[CaptainMorgan]

gadasie, first welcome to the Java Forums.

Would it possible to post a snippet of code explaining what the bug was and how you derived your solution(which I'm happy you found by the way)? I would be beneficial to the community and might be beneficial to you as well.

Cheers

[gadasie]

Hi CaptainMorgan,

I believe there is nothing to show since I was an idiot...
The one and only thing I can suggest (and no code needed) is that when you think you found the problem (e.g. a bug in Sun's code)- DIG DEEPER!!!

The problem was an exception thrown from unexpected place in the code...

Till my next stupid question,
cheers