Powershell execution

[Carlos]

Hi Rob,
I'm performing some tests with oddjob and I'm getting some unexpected behavior executing powershell scripts with an oddjob exec; basically the execution never ends.
I have tried several workarounds like call the execution using a bat file, using parameters like in the execute batch file example etc, but even the strout appears in the console and the powershell finish properly , it still appearing as running in the console until I stop it manually and the rest of the jobs are not executed.
Many thanks in advance for your help.

oddjob xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
<oddjob>
    <job>
        <exec><![CDATA]></exec>
    </job>
</oddjob>

Powershell sample

# Filename: Helloworld.ps1
Write-Host
Write-Host 'Hello World!'
Write-Host "Good-bye World! `n"

# end of script

[Rob Gordon]

Hi - A quick Google for 'powershell java exec' and it appears that running powershell from Java is problematic.

However providing an empty stdin does appear to stop powershell from hanging.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
<oddjob>
    <job>
        <exec>
            <stdin>
                <buffer/>
            </stdin><![CDATA]></exec>
    </job>
</oddjob>

Hope this helps,

Rob.