// Example: start another process, in this case a web browser.
// Uses classes java.lang.Runtime and java.lang.Process .
// L. Allison, Comp. Sci. and SWE., Monash University, Australia 3168.
// http://www.cs.monash.edu.au/~lloyd/tildeProgLang/Java/

public class Exec
 { public static void main(String argv[])
    { Runtime rt = Runtime.getRuntime();
      try{ System.out.println("starting process");
           Process p = rt.exec("netscape index.html"); // starts a web browser
//                        ^^^^
           System.out.println("started process");

           try{ System.out.println("waitFor = " + p.waitFor()); }// NB. blocks
           catch(Exception e) { System.out.println("waitFor exception "); }
         }
      catch(Exception e) { System.out.println("exec exception"); }
      System.out.println("done");
    }//main

 }// L.Allison, Comp. Sci. and SWE., Monash University, Australia 3168
  // http://www.cs.monash.edu.au/~lloyd/tildeProgLang/Java/