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Reputation: 5068

What is the difference between getRuntime().exec(php hello.php) and getRuntime().exec(array) in Java?

In the following example, what is the difference between the two methods used to call "php hello.php" in Java? p1 vs p2?

String[] commands;
String command = "php hello.php";
commands[0] = "php";
commands[1] = "hello.php";

Process p1 = Runtime.getRuntime().exec(command);
Process p2 = Runtime.getRuntime().exec(commands);

Thanks!

Upvotes: 0

Views: 99

Answers (1)

Brian Agnew
Brian Agnew

Reputation: 272257

In your particular scenario, none.

The multi-args version doesn't require the command line to be split up into arguments, and consequently it's provided for command-line arguments with spaces/tabs etc.

From the Javadoc for the first (convenience) method:

More precisely, the command string is broken into tokens using a StringTokenizer created by the call new StringTokenizer(command) with no further modification of the character categories

(it's actually the version taking the environment too, but will get delegated to)

Upvotes: 1

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