Java: wait for exec process till it exits

Question

I am running a java program in Windows that collects log from Windows events. A .csv file is created on which certain operations are to be performed.

The commands are execed and piped. How can I cause my Java program to wait until the process is finished?

Here is the code snippet I am using:

Runtime commandPrompt = Runtime.getRuntime();
try {           
    Process powershell = commandPrompt.exec("powershell -Command \"get-winevent -FilterHashTable @{ logname = 'Microsoft-Windows-PrintService/Operational';StartTime = '"+givenDate+" 12:00:01 AM'; EndTime = '"+beforeDay+" 23:59:59 ';  ID = 307 ;} | ConvertTo-csv| Out-file "+ file +"\"");
//I have tried waitFor() here but that does not seem to work, required command is executed but is still blocked
} catch (IOException e) { }
// Remaining code should get executed only after above is completed.

Answer 1

You need to use waitFor() instead of wait(). That way your thread will block until the executed command finishes.