java process builder start cmd with some other directory

Question

Using process builder opening the CMD and execute a particular file in D drive.

Below is my initial code

this is CMD opening with my current working directory (IDE project location initially :C:\Users\xxx\yyy\testjson>)

ProcessBuilder pb = new ProcessBuilder("cmd.exe", "/C", "start");
        Process p = pb.start();

I want to add the below cmd command in my code, and execute a particular file in that folder, let me know how can?

1.change the directory to D
2.move to the particular folder into that D drive

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/10954194/start-cmd-by-using-processbuilder — Ng Sharma, Jan 04 '20 at 11:14

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 04 '20 at 14:35

The method you are looking for is ProcessBuilder::directory(String) which sets the working directory for the new process; see the javadoc.

   Process p = new ProcessBuilder("cmd.exe", "/C", "start")
                .directory(new File("D:/some/directory"))
                .start();

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