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Thread: Executing commands throws an InterruptedException even with waitFor()

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    Default Executing commands throws an InterruptedException even with waitFor()

    Hi forum,

    Please help me. I've been searching for hours for what is wrong and I can safely say im lost

    Here is my code:

    protected Collection<String> executeCommand(String cmd) {
    		//Result of the command output
    		Collection<String> resultString = new ArrayList<String>();
     
    		try
    		{   // Execute command 
    			Runtime rt = Runtime.getRuntime();
    			Process proc = rt.exec(cmd);
     
    			logger.debug("cmd: " + cmd);
     
                           // Class to do outputting...
    			StreamGobbler errorGobbler = new 
    			StreamGobbler(proc.getErrorStream(), "ERROR");            
     
    			// any output?
    			StreamGobbler outputGobbler = new 
    			StreamGobbler(proc.getInputStream(), "OUTPUT");
     
    			// kick them off
    			errorGobbler.start();
    			outputGobbler.start();
     
    			// any error???
    			int exitVal = proc.waitFor();
    			logger.debug("Exit status: " + exitVal);
     
    		} catch (Throwable t)
    		{
    			t.printStackTrace();
    		}
    		return resultString;
    	}
    and...
    class StreamGobbler extends Thread
    	{
    		InputStream is;
    		String type;
     
    		StreamGobbler(InputStream is, String type)
    		{
    			this.is = is;
    			this.type = type;
    		}
     
    		public void run()
    		{
    			try
    			{   logger.debug("in run");
    				InputStreamReader isr = new InputStreamReader(is);
    				BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(isr);
    				String line=null;
    				while ( (line = br.readLine()) != null)
    					logger.debug(type + ">" + line);    
    			} catch (IOException ioe)
    			{
    				ioe.printStackTrace();  
    			}
    		}
    	}

    This is the error i get:

    java.lang.InterruptedException
    at java.lang.Object.wait(Native Method)
    at java.lang.Object.wait(Unknown Source)
    at java.lang.UNIXProcess.waitFor(Unknown Source)
    at gsoa.rim.CommunicationsCheck.executeCommand(Commun icationsCheck.java:177)

    which points to the .waitFor() function call...

    Why would it get interrupted if we are asking it to wait until its done?

    Pleaasee help!


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    Default Re: Executing commands throws an InterruptedException even with waitFor()

    Welcome to the forums LilaH.

    Have you Googled the exception? You ideally need to post something we can compile.
    Please use [highlight=Java] code [/highlight] tags when posting your code.
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