handling Java child process execution

[amit pandit]

Hi,

I am executing a shell script using java program on unix platform.
I am using Runtime.exec(shell_script_name) method to execute it.
A shell script uses prstat command & it gives well formated output to my java program.
But, the problem is that the prstat command doesn't get killed by unix os.
so that , when ever I execute the script each time a new instance of prstat is seen as a new process using ps -fu command. & this prstat process seen even when java program is stopped.

please, help me so that prstat command execution should get stopped just after script execution finished.

Thanks

Amit Pandit

[Vilmantas Baranauskas]

Does your shell script launch "prstat" in the background?

If not, have you tried to invoke Process.destroy() after you've got necessary outout?

[Vilmantas Baranauskas]

BTW, what happens if you invoke the same shell script manually?

[amit pandit]

Hi,

I have tried with destory() but id doen't help.

When i run script manually it runs fine. and prstat command (process) is not seen after execution of script.

Thanks

Amit Pandit