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Process Builder java.io.IOException error=2


I want to run a shell command from my Java application. I have compiled a software called "SRILM" and when I run it from shell everything is OK:

ngram-count -text /home/istanbul/Desktop/snlp_hmm/model.txt -order 3 -lm hoho.lm

However when I run it from my Java application:

ProcessBuilder lmBuilder = new ProcessBuilder("ngram-count", "-text", modelPath, "-order", "3", "-lm", "hohom.lm");
lmBuilder.directory(new File("/home/istanbul/srilm/bin/i686-m64"));

try {
    final Process lmProcess = lmBuilder.start();
    InputStream is = lmProcess.getInputStream();
    InputStreamReader isr = new InputStreamReader(is);
    BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(isr);
    String line;
    while ((line = br.readLine()) != null) {
        System.out.println(line);
   }
} catch (IOException e) {
    e.printStackTrace();
}

I get that error:

java.io.IOException: Cannot run program "ngram-count" (in directory "/home/istanbul/srilm/bin/i686-m64"): error=2, No such file or directory
    at java.lang.ProcessBuilder.start(ProcessBuilder.java:1041)
    at org.itu.hmm.AlgorithmRunner.evaluate(AlgorithmRunner.java:127)
    at org.itu.hmm.ApplicationRunner.main(ApplicationRunner.java:26)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:57)
    at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:606)
    at com.intellij.rt.execution.application.AppMain.main(AppMain.java:134)
Caused by: java.io.IOException: error=2, No such file or directory
    at java.lang.UNIXProcess.forkAndExec(Native Method)
    at java.lang.UNIXProcess.<init>(UNIXProcess.java:186)
    at java.lang.ProcessImpl.start(ProcessImpl.java:130)
    at java.lang.ProcessBuilder.start(ProcessBuilder.java:1022)
    ... 7 more

Any ideas?


Solution

  • When I run it like that it worked:

    ProcessBuilder lmBuilder = new ProcessBuilder("/home/istanbul/srilm/bin/i686-m64/ngram-count", "-text", modelPath, "-order", "3", "-lm", "/home/istanbul/Desktop/snlp_hmm/j.lm");