How to spawn a bash script from Java on Windows?

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Is there a way to make Java spawn a bash script on Windows? I have cygwin installed, and I've associated the .sh file extension with cygwin bash. The following code, which works on Linux, isn't working:

 String[] cmdArray = { "scriptName.sh", "-force", categoryName};
 Process proc = Runtime.getRuntime().exec(cmdArray, null, directory);

Laurence Gonsalves · Accepted Answer · 2010-12-01 02:09:58Z

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Try adding either bash or start as the first parameter.

answered Dec 1, 2010 at 2:09

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Paul Tomblin Over a year ago

I had to provide the full path to "bash.exe" to get it to work. Well, sort of, it's not working yet, but that's another question.

javamonkey79 · Accepted Answer · 2010-12-01 02:11:04Z

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I think you'll have to provide the executable itself in order to do this. The Process.exec method only seems to execute exe files.

answered Dec 1, 2010 at 2:11

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