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Asked: 2026-05-24T18:08:45+00:00

Just wondering, if there is something better, newer, safer, faster, etc than Runtime.getRuntime().exec() .

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Just wondering, if there is something better, newer, safer, faster, etc than Runtime.getRuntime().exec().

I want to run another process from my application on linux, and this is the only way i know how. Would be nice to have an alternative.

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  1. Editorial Team

    How about ProcessBuilder?

    A bit more:

    Introduced in Java 1.5, allows you to gain more control on the process environment – set the working directory, let you redirect the error stream to the input stream (from java POV) and a few more things.

    From Oracle’s site:

    ProcessBuilder – The new ProcessBuilder class provides a more
    convenient way to invoke subprocesses than does Runtime.exec. In
    particular, ProcessBuilder makes it easy to start a subprocess with a
    modified process environment (that is, one based on the parent’s
    process environment, but with a few changes).

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