Launching an application from a java program

[Browndog]

I'm wondering how to launch an application from a java program, I'm wirting a java progam to break a string up an then launch a program with the parameters from the string. I'm using linux so I need to know how to launch an app from java.

[Wylf]

Originally posted by Browndog
I'm wondering how to launch an application from a java program, I'm wirting a java progam to break a string up an then launch a program with the parameters from the string. I'm using linux so I need to know how to launch an app from java.

you need a java.util.Runtime object (I think its util - might be IO):

        Runtime rt = Runtime.getRuntime();
        rt.traceInstructions(true);
        rt.traceMethodCalls(true);
        try {
            proc = rt.exec(Application.GATHER_STRING+" "+args);
            while (!processFinished()) {
                synchronized(proc) {
                    while (isSuspended) {
                        proc.wait();
                    }
                }
            }

(sample code lifted from old project)