Java ProcessBuilder.start()
Syntax
ProcessBuilder.start() has the following syntax.
public Process start() throws IOException
Example
In the following code shows how to use ProcessBuilder.start() method.
//w ww .ja v a2 s .c o m
import java.io.IOException;
public class Main {
public static void main(String[] args) {
// create a new list of arguments for our process
String[] list = {"notepad.exe", "test.txt"};
// create the process builder
ProcessBuilder pb = new ProcessBuilder(list);
try {
// start the subprocess
System.out.println("Starting the process..");
pb.start();
} catch (IOException ex) {
ex.printStackTrace();
}
}
}
The code above generates the following result.
