Copy Files using Runtime

[penguin321]

I am having a problem. I am tring to copy a file from one location to another using the Runtime object, but can't seem to get it to work. I keep getting the following error:

CreateProcess: copy C:\recap.tbl C:\remote\recap.tbl error=2

Does anyone know what this means? This is the code which is causing the exception:

Runtime rt = Runtime.getRuntime();
rt.exec(ComUtility.getBlisProperty("RemoteBillSys&quot);

 

[penguin321]

Sorry. In the above post. The ComUtility class returns the following string:
copy C:\\recap.tbl C:\\remote\\recap.tbl

 

[Vepo]

Hi,

Firstly I have to say that I not so familiar with runtime exec that I could explain that error, but try to execute that command using rt.exec("cmd /c " + ComUtility.getBlisProperty("RemoteBillSys&quot);

-Vepo

 

[wushutwist]

May I ask why you are using the Runtime object instead of the standard Java Input/Output Streams for this task? The problem with using the Runtime object is that you are (obviously) limited yourself to only one platform and you are losing a lot of the benefits of Java because the process is no longer running in the JVM.

 

[penguin321]

wushutwist,
Our client is not satisifed with writing the file directly to the server location. If I am writing using Input/Output Streams (which is how I am building the file in the first place) then there would be no reason to copy the file from the local machine to the server.

 

[penguin321]

Thanks, Vepo. That worked like a charm.