Using winRAR with Java (help)

[Xizor]

Using winRAR with java. I'm trying to use winrar through command line.


If I run this code the window's title is "rar a compressed text.txt"    (read "start"'s help file and it said that if a command is not provided, but a string is then the string will be the title of the window). I put winRAR in my PATH so I can run rar.exe from anywhere in cmd, but It's not seeing it as a command, just a string.

1	Runtime.getRuntime().exec(new String[] {"cmd.exe", "/c", "start", "rar a compressed text.txt"});

also tried

1	Runtime.getRuntime().exec(new String[] {"cmd.exe", "/c", "start", "rar", "a compressed text.txt"});

which will run rar.exe (blazes through the parameters) but then disappears without RARing text.txt -> compressed.rar

Any thoughts?

[Riven]

1. does it work on the command-line?
2. do you grab and read the STDERR/STDOUT from the process, so they will don't suffer from full buffers, blocking WinRAR ?

[Xizor]

1. Works in command line

2. Not to sure what you are asking, so probably no

Here's the code:

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import java.io.File; import java.io.IOException; public class rarAllFolders {        public static void main(String args[])    {       File directory = new File(System.getProperty("user.dir"));       File folders[] = directory.listFiles();       for(int i = 0; i < folders.length; i++)       {          if(folders[i].getName().indexOf(".") == -1)          {             //rar all the folders            try {                System.out.println(folders[i].getName()+"                  " + folders[i]);                Runtime.getRuntime().exec(new String[] {"cmd.exe", "/c", "start", "rar", "a compressed text.txt"}); //" + folders[i].getName() + " " + folders[i].getName()});            } catch (IOException e) {                // TODO Auto-generated catch block               e.printStackTrace();             }          }       }          }     }

This program when run will rar all the folders in the current directory.

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[CaptainJester]

Runtime.exec() returns a java.lang.Process object.  You can use that to read the error and output streams to see what is going on.

[Xizor]

Thank You

I'm having trouble with buffered readers right now (probably because it's late), but so far it just returns "-1" I don't think i'm doing it right.
Been looking at

1	[url]http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-12-2000/jw-1229-traps.html?page=4[/url]

Will play with it more in the morning, thank you 

<edit>

Now the code looks like

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import java.io.BufferedInputStream; import java.io.BufferedOutputStream; import java.io.BufferedReader; import java.io.DataInputStream; import java.io.File; import java.io.FileReader; import java.io.IOException; import java.io.InputStreamReader; import java.io.OutputStream; import java.io.OutputStreamWriter; import java.io.Reader; public class rarAllFolders {        public static void main(String args[])    {       File directory = new File(System.getProperty("user.dir"));       File folders[] = directory.listFiles();       for(int i = 0; i < folders.length; i++)       {          if(folders[i].getName().indexOf(".") == -1)          {             //rar all the folders            try {                System.out.println(folders[i].getName()+"                  " + folders[i]);                Process pros = Runtime.getRuntime().exec(new String[] {"cmd.exe", "/c", "start", "rar a compressed text.txt"}); //" + folders[i].getName() + " " + folders[i].getName()});                 BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(                             new InputStreamReader(                             pros.getInputStream()));                 String inputLine;                             while ((inputLine = in.readLine()) != null)                     System.out.println(inputLine);                 in.close();                         } catch (IOException e) {                // TODO Auto-generated catch block               e.printStackTrace();             }          }       }          }     }

But I don't understand
grab and read the STDERR/STDOUT from the process, so they will don't suffer from full buffers, blocking WinRAR

[moogie]

you will need to read the error stream and output stream in a seperate thread as currently you are not actually running the process!

in pusedo code:

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Consumer errConsumer=new Comsumer(pros.getErrStream()); Consumer outConsumer=new Comsumer(pros.getOutStream()); (new Thread(errConusmer,"ErrConsumer").start(); (new Thread(outConusmer.,"OutConsumer").start(); boolean result=pros.waitforexit(); if (result!=0) System.out.println("process failed");

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class Consumer imlements Runnable {   // this is where you read in and postenially display from the stream; }

[Xizor]

I'll have to try this tomorrow. I am really thankful that no one has just spat the code at me, it's nice thinking every once and awhile