JDK-4960438 : (process) Need IO redirection API for subprocesses
  • Type: Enhancement
  • Component: core-libs
  • Sub-Component: java.lang
  • Affected Version: 1.3.0,1.4.0,1.4.2_02,5.0,6
  • Priority: P3
  • Status: Closed
  • Resolution: Fixed
  • OS: generic,solaris_8,windows_2000
  • CPU: generic,x86,sparc
  • Submitted: 2003-11-26
  • Updated: 2017-05-16
  • Resolved: 2011-05-18
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7 b25Fixed
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Description
The output (stdout and stderr) of a process started via
Runtime.exec() or ProcessBuilder.start() is always directed to a pipe
that can only be read by the creating Java process.

We need to be able to re-create the functionality that comes standard
with most command processors
command > filename  # redirect subprocess output into a file
command             # subprocess output goes to same location as parent output
Comments
WORK AROUND On a particular platform, one can usually work around this using a shell script or similar mechanism new ProcessBuilder("/bin/sh", "-c", "command > file 2>&1").start(); ###@###.### 2003-11-26
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EVALUATION Intuitively, the stdout and stderr of a child process should simply be settable attributes of ProcessBuilder(). But you can't pass a stream, because non-Java children couldn't understand that; you have to pass a lower-level object like a FileDescriptor. ###@###.### 2003-11-26
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