Running a .cmd file through Java code

Question

I am trying to run a .cmd program from Java. Doesn't run. I'm using Runtime.exec as advised in some other posts.

public void mouseClicked(MouseEvent arg0) {
  Runtime runtime = Runtime.getRuntime();

  String path = "E:/Marvin/Marvin_Cleanup.CMD";

  try {
    runtime.exec(path);
  } catch (Exception e1) {
    e1.printStackTrace();
  }         
}

So what does it do? Throw the exception? You might try catching the stderr/stdout from the process and seeing if there's useful info there. — Thomas, Apr 24 '15 at 19:38
Possible Duplicate http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8612921/running-a-exe-file-using-java — Ankur Anand, Apr 24 '15 at 19:38
Here it is : http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3275141/running-a-bat-cmd-file-from-java — Fundhor, Apr 24 '15 at 20:03
Catch Throwable instead of Exception. You might get an error and not exception. — Laszlo Hirdi, Apr 24 '15 at 20:08

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 24 '15 at 20:05

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Im not familiar with windows executeables but using the process builder combined with that url should work fine. http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/lang/ProcessBuilder.html

answered Apr 24 '15 at 20:05

Liebertee

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score 0 · Answer 2 · edited Mar 20 '17 at 10:18

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If you call further batches from your batch file you might need to use cmd /c prefix. https://superuser.com/questions/712279/commands-run-in-a-batch-file-only-when-writing-cmd-c-before

String path = "cmd /c E:/Marvin/Marvin_Cleanup.CMD";

edited Mar 20 '17 at 10:18

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answered Apr 24 '15 at 20:17

Laszlo Hirdi

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Running a .cmd file through Java code

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