ProcessBuilder using double quotes

Asked May 07 '13 at 12:16

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I have updated my question after receiving suggestion about SSCCE. Here it is again:

I am trying to execute following code with ProcessBuilder using JDK7u21:

List<String> cmd = new ArrayList<String>(Arrays.asList(cmdLine));
if (addMetaInfo)
    System.out.println("Executing command '" + cmd + "' on OS '" + System.getProperty("os.name") + "'");
try {
    ProcessBuilder pb = new ProcessBuilder(cmd);
    pb.directory(workingDir);
    proc = pb.start();
} catch (IOException e) {
    System.out.println(e.getMessage());
    throw e;
}

After executing above code I get this:

Executing command '[C:\MyCLI.cmd, -c, C:\myFile.etl, -d, DateConverter, -l"ERROR", -p"[INPUT1]=2010:06:18", -p"[INPUT2]=2010:06:19"]' on OS 'Windows 7'
Exception in thread "AWT-EventQueue-0" java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Argument has embedded quote, use the explicit CMD.EXE call.

I also tried escaping the double-quotes after -l and -p arguments while supplying the input but it doesn't work either.

Saw ProcessBuilder adds extra quotes to command line already, but no clue.

Can someone please help?

edited May 23 '17 at 10:32

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asked May 07 '13 at 12:16

ParagJ

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Have you tried using single quote? – Lukas Eichler May 07 '13 at 12:20
Hi @Andrew Thompson: Why SSCCE? – ParagJ May 07 '13 at 12:27
Yes, I understand that, but why it is not Short, Self Contained, Correct (Compilable), Example? – ParagJ May 07 '13 at 12:30
"fails" in what way? You can't run a `.cmd` script directly from Java (whether using `Runtime.exec` or `ProcessBuilder`), you need to use `cmd /c`. – Ian Roberts May 07 '13 at 12:31

ProcessBuilder using double quotes

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