cmd question

[anubis]

EDIT**
nevermind, i already figured it out


hey, i was wondering if it is possible from my java program to tell the cmd to execute something like:

ping www.google.com

and then have the program "read" from the command prompt. sorry if this is kinda vague, but im not exactly sure how to explain it. if you need a better explaination i can try again =P

[arul]

If I have understood you correctly,

you need to write a simple Java class (say MyURLPing.java) which takes the URL name as the argument from the command line and does a ping using the java library class
HttpURLConnection.java .

you run your class as follows:

C:/> java MyURLPing "www.google.com"

your main class will look something like

public class MyURLPing {

       public static void main(String[] args) {
            String url = args[0]; //eg www.google.com
            try {
                 URL u = new URL(url);// 
                 HttpURLConnection huc = (HttpURLConnection) u.openConnection();
                  huc.setRequestMethod("PUT");
                  huc.connect();
                  OutputStream os = huc.getOutputStream();
                  int code = huc.getResponseCode();
                  if (code >= 200 ) { 
                        // put the data...
                   }
                    huc.disconnect();
}
catch (IOException e) { //...

 

       }
}

hope this helps.

[anubis]

ah, ok thats easier then what i was trying to do lol. thanks