Run "java" command from a java program

[stevek]

I have a java program that can only be run by navigating to a specific directory (uba1.7/classes)

In this directory, I have to run the command:

java edu.lehigh.swat.bench.uba.Generator

(edu is a directory inside of uba1.7/classes, lehigh is a directory inside of uba1.7/classes/edu)

My first question is: why can I not run the command:

java classes.edu.lehigh.swat.bench.uba.Generator

from the uba1.7 directory?



My second question is this:

I know I can use:

Runtime rt = Runtime.getRuntime();
Process p = rt.exec("java edu.lehigh.swat.bench.uba.Generator");

in a Java program. But how do I get that command to execute from the specific directory it needs to be executed from?

Thanks for your help

[doWhile]

I know I can use:

Runtime rt = Runtime.getRuntime();
Process p = rt.exec("java edu.lehigh.swat.bench.uba.Generator");

in a Java program. But how do I get that command to execute from the specific directory it needs to be executed from?

Thanks for your help

Use a ProcessBuilder (see ProcessBuilder (Java Platform SE 6) ) and set its working directory as appropriate.

[pbrockway2]

As regards your first question, the java command expects as an argument the name of a class. The name of a class and the name of a file are two different things, The reason you cannot say

classes.edu.lehigh.swat.bench.uba.Generator

is that classes is not a package. classes/edu/lehigh/swat/bench/uba/Generator.class may be a petfectly good file name, but there is no classes package.

What you can do is use an appropriate classpath. The classpath specifies the places where classes (including their packages) will be found. The classpath is specified using the -cp argument when you run the java executable. In the uba1.7 directory try

java -cp classes edu.lehigh.swat.bench.uba.Generator