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Gaurav Singh
Gaurav Singh

Reputation: 13497

IllegalArgumentException : Executable name has embedded quote, split the arguments

I'm getting an error :

IllegalArgumentException : Executable name has embedded quote, 
split the arguments

While running the 

Runtime.getRuntime().exec(cmd, envTokens, file1);

I'm using Windows7 and Java7 machine .

Same line of code is working fine for other environments .

Suggest me some way .

Upvotes: 11

Views: 10289

Answers (2)

Alex Byrth
Alex Byrth

Reputation: 1499

You have to put your parameters in a String array:

    String a = quote(exeFullPath);        
    String b = paramB;
    String[] cmd = new String[]{a,b};
    Process myExec = Runtime.getRuntime().exec(cmd, null, parentFolder);

Upvotes: 1

Aleksander Blomskøld
Aleksander Blomskøld

Reputation: 18562

This happens because of a change in Java 7 update 21/Java 6 update 45.

The solution to your problem is to refactor your code to use java.lang.ProcessBuilder instead. For instance:

ProcessBuilder pb = new ProcessBuilder("command", "argument1", "argument2");
Map<String, String> env = pb.environment();
env.put("var1", "value1");
Process p = pb.start();

Upvotes: 15

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