Date: Fri, 30 Jan 1998 22:47:01 -0700 From: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com> To: Craig Spannring <cts@cdsnet.net> Cc: freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Bug in java.lang.Process.waitFor()? Message-ID: <199801310547.WAA19669@mt.sri.com> In-Reply-To: <199801310308.TAA24210@bangkok.office.cdsnet.net> References: <199801310308.TAA24210@bangkok.office.cdsnet.net>
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> I can't seem to get the waitFor() to ever return. The problem appears
> in both jdk1.1.5 port and the jdk1.1.2 for FreeBSD. The waitFor() in
> the Windows jdk1.1.4 seems to work fine the way I'm using it.
...
> import java.lang.Runtime;
> import java.lang.Process;
>
>
> public class WaitProblem
> {
> public static void main(String argv[])
> throws java.io.IOException, java.lang.InterruptedException
> {
> String cmd[] = {"grep", "foo", "afile"};
> Runtime rt = Runtime.getRuntime();
> Process p;
>
> System.out.println("Executing the command");
> p = rt.exec(cmd);
> System.out.println("Command should be running");
> p.waitFor();
> // never gets here
> System.out.println("Command should be done");
> }
> }
Hmm, you're right, this is indeed a bug. Thanks for reporting it!
Nate
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