Question

I wrote a C program that simply delete the folder called myFolder.txt
I want to execute the .exe file from a java application.
So, I used the following code:

 try
 {
    Runtime rt = Runtime.getRuntime() ;
    Process p = rt.exec("program2.exe") ;
     p.destroy() ;
 }catch(Exception exc){/*handle exception*/
System.out.println("ERROR");
    }

When I run my java application no error appears but the file is not deleted.

Why?

Answer 1

You have created a process, and then immediately destroyed it. Of course the executable won’t run. Try calling .waitFor() instead (or just let it run).