Clojure: CreateProcess Error, The system cannot find the file specified

Question

I'm trying to run a Windows command from a Clojure program. I am testing it with a small echo statement:

(:require [clojure.java.shell :as sh])

(defn testcal [cob]
  (let [cmd (str "echo hi" )
        result (sh/sh cmd)]))

Its throwing me the following error:

Exception in thread "main" java.io.IOException: Cannot run program "echo hi": CreateProcess error=2, The system cannot find the file specified

My java path looks good and checked everything. Can someone help me with this?

Community · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-23 12:07:22Z

2

in windows environment, instead of

(sh/sh "echo hi")

try

(sh/sh "cmd" "/C" "echo hi")

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Find more info on "cmd" here: learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/… The "/C" flag tells Windows to "[Carry] out the command specified by string and then [stop]."