launch another terminal app from within a console app

[glok twen]

hi. let's say i have a console app. while that app is running, i want to launch another, separate terminal app. and, within that second terminal, start another java console application. do you know how to do this?

understand it may need to be os specific, that's ok. just want to make it work on windows and linux.

thanks, gt.

[Campbell Ritchie]

Too difficult a question for us beginners. Moving.

It might work if you put the "java" instruction and all its parameters into a Runtime.exec() call. If you are not experienced with Runtime.exec(), find the classic Daconta article when Runtime.exec() won't and read it carefully.

[jittu goud]

you need to call some batch file..from your java application...
which does the job of opening the new command window...and runs what ever you mentions in batch...... ;)
use

 Runtime.getRuntime().exec("test.bat");

[glok twen]

thanks it worked. i did this:

in java:

        Runtime r = Runtime.getRuntime();
        Process p = r.exec("c:/Python25/python.exe c:/data/launch_tmp.py");

launch_tmp.py:

import os
os.startfile ("tmp.py")

tmp.py:

#!/bin/python
while (True):
	print "hello, world"