java.io.IOException: Cannot run program ": CreateProcess error=193, %1 is not a valid Win32 application

Question

I'm getting the below error when trying to run a shell script from java in Eclipse.

I just created a text file on my local and wanted to see if it will run.

new ProcessBuilder("C:/Users/myDir/Desktop/ss1.sh").start();

Answer 1

You cannot run a shell script on Windows directly as it is no executable in the Windows sense (only .exe, .com, .cmd and .bat are executables).

Call bash.exe or sh.exe and use your script as the first parameter.