[Advanced-java] Java apps and doing OS stuff

[David Rosenstrauch]

Could you use Ant for this?  The build.xml file would be cross-platform, and 
all of Ant's functionality is available cross-platform as well.


HTH,

DR

On Friday 11 July 2003 02:48 pm, Nikolaos Giannopoulos wrote:
> We use bourne shell scripts (on Linux and Solaris) to do things like:
>
> + pre-process commands and launch our java app
>   --> e.g. user can simply type:  ./seahorse start
>
> + OS specific pre|post-installation during installs and upgrades
>   --> recursive copying a directory + retaining permissions, etc....
>
> To have our app run on Win NT/2000/XP we would have to convert our shell
> scripts to use dos batch files but we are finding that we are missing
> things like:
>
> + getting the current dir (into a script var)
> + conditional processing on (non-)existence of a directory
> + choice command
>
> So the question is short of writing C code for different platforms what are
> the options for communicating with a Java app in Win NT/2000/XP, Solaris,
> and Linux?
>
> It would be nice if everything was (a) all Java or something cross-platform
> and (b) had input of a scripting form (as its easier to change and
> typically easier to maintain)
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks,
>
> --Nikolaos