Thread: Executing a remote program from/to different platforms

Hi,

Suppose I have an executable. This executable can be a Windows or a Linux program.
The executable resides on a shared location.
My Java code runs on either Windows or Linux and it supposed to be able to execute the above program.
Meaning, my code can run on Windows and need to run an executable on Linux, and vice versa.
I was told that I could use URI (instead of asking the user to provide the Windows and Linux representation of the path), I read about it but not sure it's what I need.
Suppose the user provides the URI path, can it be used in ProcessBuilder? If I have a location on the network that is accessible from Linux and Windows servers, can the URI be one for both?
Maybe there are other methods to accomplish this?

Appreciate any idea you can share, thanks!