Hi,

I would like to know
what does the following line do...

Runtime.getRuntime().exec(new String[]{"/bin/sh", "-c", "echo \"[" + userid + "]\" >> /../*.conf"});

I understand 'echo' command.
But what do
1)new String[]
2)"/bin/sh"
3)"-c"

do in the command?

Thanks in advance.

Hi
new String[] creates a new array (or collection) of strings.

Each comma seperated value in {"/bin/sh","-c" ... is one element in the array, these are processed sequentially be exec

/bin/sh is the first statement to be processed and sets up the correct environment for the rest of the elements.
/bin/sh is a default shell/terminal for executing commands, similar to a dos prompt in windows. Unlike a generic Dos prompt, most linux distributions include different shells (e.g. bash) with slightly dfferent features and semantics.

Mark