Starting a batch file from a running app

[AAZ]

I have a Java server that needs to start another java app on command, to do
that it must run a batch file on the file system. (Windows.) What command
do I use to kick that batch file off and do I need to switch directories
to where it is first so that it will run local to its own directory (like
in VB)
Thanks

[Paul Clapham]

If you want to run another program, the command to use is
Runtime.getRuntime().exec(); there are half a dozen varieties of this
command, but in the simplest you just give a string containing the command
you want to run. If the other program is Java, make sure your DOS path
includes the location of your JRE, then you won't have to switch directories
first. In that case your command will look like "Java theClassToRun". If
you have your classpath already set up, you won't have to specify it in your
command.

AAZ <ziehlke@mitem.com> wrote in message news:39788c5a$1@news.devx.com...
>
> I have a Java server that needs to start another java app on command, to
do
> that it must run a batch file on the file system. (Windows.) What
command
> do I use to kick that batch file off and do I need to switch directories
> to where it is first so that it will run local to its own directory (like
> in VB)
> Thanks
>