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Thread: Exit Status from Perl program called by java using runtime

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    Default Exit Status from Perl program called by java using runtime

    How do I get the exit status returned by a perl script called from a java program using runtime. the perl script can exit with several exit status's and I need to know what that value is to know what to do after the return.

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    Default Re: Exit Status from Perl program called by java using runtime

    java process - Google Search
    Process (Java 2 Platform SE v1.4.2)
    I reckon you'll quickly spot the required method.

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    yup, it would appear the waitFor method gives me what I need but I also noted that in the description it says that "The Runtime.exec methods may not work well for ... or shell scripts. ". I expect shell script may include perl scripts as well. Is there an alternative way to execute unix script that is more suited to the task?

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    Default Re: Exit Status from Perl program called by java using runtime

    the waitFor method
    Oh. I was looking at the 'exitValue()' method!
    You will need to use 'waitFor' for anything but the most trivial scripts if you want any values back from them, though I was working on something recently that read both the output and the error streams from a Process and waited for the Process to close the streams before reading the exitValue(). Looking again, I see I use both waitFor() and exitValue() after the streams have closed. Damn... redundant code. It's in production, so I'll add a //TODO.

    I don't know why the API docs warn "or shell scripts" - perhaps it's intended to include some of those funny console utilities that don't always themselves work well when run without a terminal? I use ProcessBuilder a lot for shell scripts that use 3rd party tools which run deterministically, get all their input from the command line arguments, reliably write errors and output and then exit successfully or with an error code. I've never had a problem with any of them. I guess as long as you're sensible about what you're trying to run, you'll have the same experience too.

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