Get a cmd prompt @ a particular dir. location.

[Vishal Saxena]

Let me ask this Q with an example:
I run my Class A from d:\product\scripts. In A I want to do a Runtime.getRuntime().exec("a.bat"); a.bat is in d:\product. So is there a way I can specify the dir. location of the Process that I get by doing a Runtime.getRuntime() - in this case as d:\product - meaning run a.bat @ d:\product.
Interestingly, I expected that there'll be an overloaded exec(), which let's me specify the dir. location.

[William Brogden]

I don't know of any way to make exec use a specific directory. Why not just put the necessary drive and cd commands in the batch file, thats what I do.
Bill

[Joe Ess]

Originally posted by Vishal Saxena:

Interestingly, I expected that there'll be an overloaded exec(), which let's me specify the dir. location.

Check the documentation for java.lang.Runtime There are two versions of exec() which accept the working directory as an argument.

[Brian Pipa]

Why not just do this:
Runtime.getRuntime().exec("d:\\product\\a.bat")

Brian