Remote script execution.
Hello.
I would like to know how to run a script on a remote Linux machine. Can I do this without caring where the local JVM is running?
I haven't done this before, and have searched various places for a concise answer. I have not been successful. Will something like the following work: Runtime.exec("remote.machine\remote.script.sh");. I have also noticed that my searches seem to lead me to discussions of Java RMI, so in thinking RMI has something to say about what I'm doing, I have posted my question here.
Background: I have a java application (a web service in fact) that needs to get information from a back-end system to do its job. It needs to invoke a script that's running on a remote host where the coveted business system resides.
The Runtime.exec() method appears only to run processes on local machines. From the research I have done, the usual fudge here is to know the operating system of the local machine so you might be able to use its remote process execution facilities. However, I don't want to know anything about the local OS, because it could be different between development, testing, and production. I know that the remote OS is Linux.
Is there any way I can get a process to run on a remote machine without having to know about the local machine's OS?
Many thanks in reply,
Owen.
