ExecTest.java illustrates use of the Exec class.

/** A test of the Exec class.
 *
 *  Taken from Core Web Programming from
 *  Prentice Hall and Sun Microsystems Press,
 *  .
 *  © 2001 Marty Hall and Larry Brown;
 *  may be freely used or adapted.
 */

public class ExecTest {
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    // Note: no trailing "&" -- special shell chars not
    // understood, since no shell started. Besides, exec
    // doesn?t wait, so the program continues along even
    // before Netscape pops up.
    Exec.exec("/usr/local/bin/netscape");

    // Run commands, printing results.
    Exec.execPrint("/usr/bin/ls");
    Exec.execPrint("/usr/bin/cat Test.java");

    // Don?t print results, but wait until this finishes.
    Exec.execWait("/usr/java1.3/bin/javac Test.java");

    // Now Test.class should exist.
    Exec.execPrint("/usr/bin/ls");
  }
}