How to execute shell command form Java servlet?

In many languages (like PHP/Perl) you can execute shell commands, what package or method do you use in Java2 to execute a shell command?

Thanks,
Jon

Light Poster

34 posts since Apr 2006

Reputation Points: 10

Solved Threads: 0

Runtime.exec( ) ;

Search on JavaWorld.com for a good article about the traps and pitfalls of Runtime.exec

Industrious Poster

Moderator

4,253 posts since Feb 2006

Reputation Points: 1,471

Solved Threads: 494

This article has been dead for over three months

You