Process.waitFor() method hangs application.

[simmi]

Hi,

I am executing Unix command "ps -ef" from Java using Runtime and Process.waitFor() method as shown in the code below. It works fine on our local enviornment but at the client side application hangs after waitFor() method. What could be the possible reason for this.

boolean exeCommand() {
String command = new String();
String psgOut, pargsOut;
StringTokenizer strtok;
Integer pid;
int i;
Process psg, pargs;
command = "ps -ef";
try {
psg = Runtime.getRuntime().exec(command);
System.out.println("Before waitFor");
i = psg.waitFor();
System.out.println("After waitFor");
if (i != 0) {
return false;
} else {
BufferedReader psgInput = new BufferedReader(
new InputStreamReader(psg.getInputStream()));
while ((psgOut = psgInput.readLine()) != null) {
if (psgOut.contains("test")) {
return true;
}
}
}
} catch (Exception exp) {
System.out.println("Exception");
}
return false;
}

Thanks in Advance.
Simmi

[camickr]

When Runtime.exec() won't - JavaWorld might help.

[simmi]

Hi,

When I placed the statement i = psg.waitFor(); after reading the Input Stream it worked fine.So should we need to use waitfor() method or we can leave it.

Simmi