Re: [tcljava-dev] PATCH: exec command patch posted

[Shawn B. <sh...@qc...>]

Patch is located at:
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=13005&atid=313005

Shawn Boyce wrote:

> I have submitted a patch to sourceforge for the exec command.
> Details:
>
> The exec command has been modified to take advantage
> of JDK 1.3's new java.lang.Runtime.exec methods
> which have the directory as the argument.
>
> To support backward compatibility when using
> JDK 1.1/1.2, the code uses Reflection to see if
> the new exec method is available.
>
> Summary of changes:
> 1) For JDK1.3+, Eliminate Windows/UNIX hacks to use the shell to 
> change to the current directory before doing
> the exec.
> 2) Support background "&"
> 3) Use threads to read the stdout/stderr output of the
> exec'd process.
>

-- 
-Shawn