Trap and write out error to file

java-programmer, Trap and write out error to file I am using the following borrowed code to run unix commands.
Occasionally it returns 3, apparently without actually running the
command and I do not know why.

I would like to get more info on the error and write it to a file.

As I am not a java programmer can someone help me amend the code to
write the error details of the t object to a file?

Thanks in advance.

Runtime rt = Runtime.getRuntime();
Process p = rt.exec(Command);
try {
rc = p.waitFor();
} catch (InterruptedException intexc) { rc = 2; }

rt.gc();
} catch (Throwable t) { rc = 3; }

java-programmer >> Trap and write out error to file

John Leslie wrote:
>
> I am using the following borrowed code to run unix commands.
> Occasionally it returns 3, apparently without actually running the
> command and I do not know why.
>
> I would like to get more info on the error and write it to a file.
>
> As I am not a java programmer can someone help me amend the code to
> write the error details of the t object to a file?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Runtime rt = Runtime.getRuntime();
> Process p = rt.exec(Command);
> try {
> rc = p.waitFor();
> } catch (InterruptedException intexc) { rc = 2; }
>
> rt.gc();
> } catch (Throwable t) { rc = 3; }

This second "catch" clause is illegal - it has no associated "try" (it
would be OK if the rt.gc() call were removed, since it would then be
associated with the first "try".

You should not use rc both as the return for p.waitFor() and as a flag
you set if there is an error. What if p.waitFor returns 2 or 3? How
would your code distinguish whether an error had occurred?

You can print the exception message to stderr easily:
System.err.println( t.getMessage() );
--
Fred L. Kleinschmidt
Boeing Associate Technical Fellow
Technical Architect, Common User Interface Services
M/S 2R-94 (206)544-5225

java-programmer >> Trap and write out error to file Maybe you need to find out if the external command is running or not. Try
rt.exec ( Command + " > /tmp/myRuntimeOutput.out 2>&1" )
to capture stdout and stderr into a file.

If the exec() call returns '3', which you get back from waitFor(), your Unix
command probably failed. This could look like it didn't execute because the
error messages will sail off into the ether if you don't grab it and
redirect it into a file.

Hope this helps.

jim

"John Leslie" <email***@***.com> wrote in message
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> I am using the following borrowed code to run unix commands.
> Occasionally it returns 3, apparently without actually running the
> command and I do not know why.
>
> I would like to get more info on the error and write it to a file.
>
> As I am not a java programmer can someone help me amend the code to
> write the error details of the t object to a file?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
>
>
> Runtime rt = Runtime.getRuntime();
> Process p = rt.exec(Command);
> try {
> rc = p.waitFor();
> } catch (InterruptedException intexc) { rc = 2; }
>
> rt.gc();
> } catch (Throwable t) { rc = 3; }