Is there an alternative to Runtime.getRuntime().exec()
java, runtime.exec
Solution
How about ProcessBuilder?
A bit more:
Introduced in Java 1.5, allows you to gain more control on the process environment - set the working directory, let you redirect the error stream to the input stream (from java POV) and a few more things.
From Oracle's site:
ProcessBuilder - The new ProcessBuilder class provides a more convenient way to invoke subprocesses than does Runtime.exec. In particular, ProcessBuilder makes it easy to start a subprocess with a modified process environment (that is, one based on the parent's process environment, but with a few changes).
Problem
Just wondering, if there is something better, newer, safer, faster, etc than `Runtime.getRuntime().exec()`. I want to run another process from my application on linux, and this is the only way i know how. Would be nice to have an alternative.