Java and CMD Runtime Executor

Asked Aug 29 '14 at 04:03

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I have a java desktop application need to copy a directory to another location.so I've used the

Runtime.exec();

to execute the cmd command

xcopy H:\Source* L:\MY Folder /e /i

but when there is a space in a folder name like

MY Foloder

It returns and error.so how to avoid this .. Any help!

asked Aug 29 '14 at 04:03

Sniper

I would recommend you implement a [Java directory copy](http://stackoverflow.com/q/1146153/2970947) and avoid spawining a shell. For one thing, your program is now Windows only. – Elliott Frisch Aug 29 '14 at 04:10
Yes windows only..just tell me why the space is affecting ? – Sniper Aug 29 '14 at 04:18
see if this one helps: http://stackoverflow.com/a/17141811/1043824 – inquisitive Aug 29 '14 at 04:20
Elliott Frisch save me a lot.thanks bro.. – Sniper Aug 29 '14 at 04:45
You have to escape the space and the backslashes. But what you have here doesn't work on the command line if you run it without java. – Elliott Frisch Aug 29 '14 at 05:04

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