Error While Running Windows Command Line Instruction

[divs1210]

I am running the following code to open a file using the default application in Windows:

String s1 = jfilechooser.getSelectedFile().getPath();
Runtime rt = Runtime.getRuntime();
Process proc = rt.exec("cmd /c start "+s1);

The problem is:

if the file/directory name contains a space, it does not give the full name at the command line, even though it works PERFECTLY for files/folders whose names do not contain spaces.
eg:
if i select "Hello.txt", it works fine.
but if i select "Bye Dude.txt", Windows gives me an error saying:

"Bye" could not be found.

What should i do to solve this? PLEASE HELP!!!

[KevinWorkman]

Can you add quotes around s1?

To have quotation marks in a String, you have to escape them: "\"I am in quotation marks!\""

[divs1210]

thank you, Kevin.

got a solution:

String fileName = jfilechooser.getSelectedFile().getPath();
            String[] commands = {"cmd", "/c", "start", "\"Watever\"",fileName};
            Runtime.getRuntime().exec(commands);

[divs1210]

'watever' is just a random title that i've given to it.

thanks for your help!

[KevinWorkman]

thank you, Kevin.

got a solution:

String fileName = jfilechooser.getSelectedFile().getPath();
            String[] commands = {"cmd", "/c", "start", "\"Watever\"",fileName};
            Runtime.getRuntime().exec(commands);

Glad you got it working. For the record, I was thinking something like this:

Process proc = rt.exec("cmd /c start "+ "\"" + s1 + "\"");

I haven't tested it at all.

[to_devendra]

Whenever any space occur in filename or directory path, we must use quote surround with the input string. That always be a good practise thus "expected input string".

Below one will work perfectly.
Process proc = rt.exec("cmd /c start "+ "\"" + s1 + "\"");