I need to execute an external program from Java (to convert a fodt file to pdf using libreoffice, it so happens) I know the precise command-line I need for the program:
/usr/bin/libreoffice --headless --convert-to pdf:'writer_pdf_Export' --outdir /home/develop/tomcat/mf/ROOT/private/docs/0/ /home/develop/tomcat/mf/ROOT/private/docs/0/35_invoice.fodt
and that works perfectly from the command line.
But it does not work in Java using a ProcessBuilder
:
java.io.IOException: Cannot run program "/usr/bin/libreoffice --headless --convert-to pdf:'writer_pdf_Export' --outdir /home/develop/tomcat/mf/ROOT/private/docs/0 /home/develop/tomcat/mf/ROOT/private/docs/0/35_invoice.fodt": java.io.IOException: error=2, No such file or directory
I tried some different approaches without success. Here is a sample of the last test
List<String> command = new ArrayList<String>();
command.add("/usr/bin/libreoffice");
command.add("--headless");
command.add("--convert-to pdf:'writer_pdf_Export' --outdir " + getDestinationDirectory(order) + " " + getInvoiceFilename() + ".fodt");
ProcessBuilder builder = new ProcessBuilder(command);
Process process = null;
try {
process = builder.start();
} catch (IOException ex) {
Logger.getLogger(Documents.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
}
InputStream is = process.getInputStream();
InputStreamReader isr = new InputStreamReader(is);
BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(isr);
String line;
try {
while ((line = br.readLine()) != null) {
System.out.println(line);
}
} catch (IOException ex) {
Logger.getLogger(Documents.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
}
System.out.println("Program terminated!");