Sunday, July 10, 2022

[SOLVED] Uncompress .Z file in unix using java

Issue

I have a .Z file present on unix box. Is there any way to call unix uncompress command from java?


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Solution

Using java.lang.Runtime.exec:

Runtime.exec("uncompress " + zFilePath);

UPDATE

Accoridng to the documentation, ProcessBuilder.start() is preferred.

ProcessBuilder pb = new ProcessBuilder("uncompress", zFilePath);
Process p = pb.start();
// p.waitFor();


Answered By - falsetru
Answer Checked By - Robin (WPSolving Admin)