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## com.trolltech.qt.core
Class QProcess

    java.lang.Object
      com.trolltech.qt.internal.QSignalEmitterInternal
          com.trolltech.qt.QSignalEmitter
              com.trolltech.qt.QtJambiObject
                  com.trolltech.qt.core.QObject
                      com.trolltech.qt.core.QIODevice
                          com.trolltech.qt.core.QProcess

All Implemented Interfaces:
  QtJambiInterface

    public class QProcess

extends QIODevice

The QProcess class is used to start external programs and to communicate with them. To start a process, pass the name and command line arguments of the program you want to run as arguments to `start()`. For example:

            QObject parent = QApplication.instance();
    ...
            String program = "./path/to/my/favorite/program";

            List<String> arguments = new Vector<String>();
            arguments.add("-style");
            arguments.add("motif");

            QProcess myProcess = new QProcess(parent);
            myProcess.start(program, arguments);

QProcess then enters the `Starting` state, and when the program has started, QProcess enters the `Running` state and emits `started()` .

QProcess allows you to treat a process as a sequential I/O device. You can write to and read from the process just as you would access a network connection using `QTcpSocket`. You can then write to the process's standard input by calling `write()`, and read the standard output by calling `read()`, `readLine()`, and getChar(). Because it inherits `QIODevice`, QProcess can also be used as an input source for QXmlReader, or for generating data to be uploaded using `QFtp`.

Note: On Windows CE, reading and writing to a process is not supported.

When the process exits, QProcess reenters the `NotRunning` state (the initial state), and emits `finished()` .

The `finished()` signal provides the exit code and exit status of the process as arguments, and you can also call `exitCode()` to obtain the exit code of the last process that finished, and `exitStatus()` to obtain its exit status. If an error occurs at any point in time, QProcess will emit the `error()` signal. You can also call `error()` to find the type of error that occurred last, and `state()` to find the current process state.

Processes have two predefined output channels: The standard output channel (`stdout`) supplies regular console output, and the standard error channel (`stderr`) usually supplies the errors that are printed by the process. These channels represent two separate streams of data. You can toggle between them by calling `setReadChannel()`. QProcess emits `readyRead()` when data is available on the current read channel. It also emits `readyReadStandardOutput()` when new standard output data is available, and when new standard error data is available, `readyReadStandardError()` is emitted. Instead of calling `read()`, `readLine()`, or getChar(), you can explicitly read all data from either of the two channels by calling `readAllStandardOutput()` or `readAllStandardError()`.

The terminology for the channels can be misleading. Be aware that the process's output channels correspond to QProcess's read channels, whereas the process's input channels correspond to QProcess's write channels. This is because what we read using QProcess is the process's output, and what we write becomes the process's input.

QProcess can merge the two output channels, so that standard output and standard error data from the running process both use the standard output channel. Call `setProcessChannelMode()` with `MergedChannels` before starting the process to activative this feature. You also have the option of forwarding the output of the running process to the calling, main process, by passing `ForwardedChannels` as the argument.

Certain processes need special environment settings in order to operate. You can set environment variables for your process by calling `setEnvironment()`. To set a working directory, call `setWorkingDirectory()`. By default, processes are run in the current working directory of the calling process.

QProcess provides a set of functions which allow it to be used without an event loop, by suspending the calling thread until certain signals are emitted:

- `waitForStarted()` blocks until the process has started.
- `waitForReadyRead()` blocks until new data is available for reading on the current read channel.
- `waitForBytesWritten()` blocks until one payload of data has been written to the process.
- `waitForFinished()` blocks until the process has finished.

Calling these functions from the main thread (the thread that calls QApplication::exec()) may cause your user interface to freeze.

The following example runs `gzip` to compress the string "Qt rocks!", without an event loop:

            QProcess gzip = new QProcess();
            List<String> args = new Vector<String>();
            args.add("-c");

            gzip.start("gzip", args);
            if (!gzip.waitForStarted())
                return false;

            gzip.write(new QByteArray("Qt rocks!"));
            gzip.closeWriteChannel();

            if (!gzip.waitForFinished())
                return false;

            QByteArray result = gzip.readAll();

See also:
  `QBuffer`, `QFile`, and `QTcpSocket`.

Nested Class Summary
`static class` | `QProcess.DetachedProcessInfo`
`static class` | `QProcess.ExitStatus` This enum describes the different exit statuses of `QProcess`.
`static class` | `QProcess.ProcessChannel`
`static class` | `QProcess.ProcessChannelMode` This enum describes the process channel modes of `QProcess`.
`static class` | `QProcess.ProcessError` This enum describes the different types of errors that are reported by `QProcess`.
`static class` | `QProcess.ProcessState` This enum describes the different states of `QProcess`.

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class com.trolltech.qt.core.QIODevice
`QIODevice.OpenMode, QIODevice.OpenModeFlag`

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class com.trolltech.qt.QSignalEmitter
`QSignalEmitter.AbstractSignal, QSignalEmitter.Signal0, QSignalEmitter.Signal1, QSignalEmitter.Signal2, QSignalEmitter.Signal3, QSignalEmitter.Signal4, QSignalEmitter.Signal5, QSignalEmitter.Signal6, QSignalEmitter.Signal7, QSignalEmitter.Signal8, QSignalEmitter.Signal9`

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class com.trolltech.qt.internal.QSignalEmitterInternal
`com.trolltech.qt.internal.QSignalEmitterInternal.AbstractSignalInternal`

Field Summary
`QSignalEmitter.Signal1` | `error` This signal takes 1 generic argument(s).
`QSignalEmitter.Signal1` | `finished` This signal takes 1 generic argument(s).
`QSignalEmitter.Signal2` | `finishedWithStatusCode` This signal takes 2 generic argument(s).
`QSignalEmitter.Signal0` | `readyReadStandardError` This signal is emitted when the process has made new data available through its standard error channel (`stderr`).
`QSignalEmitter.Signal0` | `readyReadStandardOutput` This signal is emitted when the process has made new data available through its standard output channel (`stdout`).
`QSignalEmitter.Signal0` | `started` This signal is emitted by QProcess when the process has started, and `state()` returns `Running` .
`QSignalEmitter.Signal1` | `stateChanged` This signal takes 1 generic argument(s).

Fields inherited from class com.trolltech.qt.core.QIODevice
`aboutToClose, bytesWritten, readChannelFinished, readyRead`

Fields inherited from class com.trolltech.qt.internal.QSignalEmitterInternal
`currentSender`

Constructor Summary
`QProcess()` Constructs a QProcess object with the given `parent`.
`QProcess(QObject parent)` Constructs a QProcess object with the given `parent`.

Method Summary
`void` | `closeReadChannel(QProcess.ProcessChannel channel)` Closes the read channel `channel`.
`void` | `closeWriteChannel()` Schedules the write channel of QProcess to be closed.
`java.util.List` | `environment()` Returns the environment that QProcess will use when starting a process, or an empty QStringList if no environment has been set using `setEnvironment()`.
`QProcess.ProcessError` | `error()` Returns the type of error that occurred last.
`static int` | `execute(java.lang.String program)` Starts the program `program` in a new process.
`static int` | `execute(java.lang.String program, java.util.List arguments)` Starts the program `program` with the arguments `arguments` in a new process, waits for it to finish, and then returns the exit code of the process.
`int` | `exitCode()` Returns the exit code of the last process that finished.
`QProcess.ExitStatus` | `exitStatus()` Returns the exit status of the last process that finished.
`void` | `kill()` Kills the current process, causing it to exit immediately.
`QProcess.ProcessChannelMode` | `processChannelMode()` Returns the channel mode of the QProcess standard output and standard error channels.
`QByteArray` | `readAllStandardError()` Regardless of the current read channel, this function returns all data available from the standard error of the process as a `QByteArray`.
`QByteArray` | `readAllStandardOutput()` Regardless of the current read channel, this function returns all data available from the standard output of the process as a `QByteArray`.
`QProcess.ProcessChannel` | `readChannel()` Returns the current read channel of the QProcess.
`void` | `setEnvironment(java.util.List environment)` Sets the environment that QProcess will use when starting a process to the `environment` specified which consists of a list of key=value pairs.
`void` | `setProcessChannelMode(QProcess.ProcessChannelMode mode)` Sets the channel mode of the QProcess standard output and standard error channels to the `mode` specified.
`protected void` | `setProcessState(QProcess.ProcessState state)` Sets the current state of the QProcess to the `state` specified.
`void` | `setReadChannel(QProcess.ProcessChannel channel)` Sets the current read channel of the QProcess to the given `channel`.
`void` | `setStandardErrorFile(java.lang.String fileName)` Redirects the process' standard error to the file `fileName`.
`void` | `setStandardErrorFile(java.lang.String fileName, QIODevice.OpenMode mode)` Redirects the process' standard error to the file `fileName`.
`void` | `setStandardErrorFile(java.lang.String fileName, QIODevice.OpenModeFlag[] mode)`
`void` | `setStandardInputFile(java.lang.String fileName)` Redirects the process' standard input to the file indicated by `fileName`.
`void` | `setStandardOutputFile(java.lang.String fileName)` Redirects the process' standard output to the file `fileName`.
`void` | `setStandardOutputFile(java.lang.String fileName, QIODevice.OpenMode mode)` Redirects the process' standard output to the file `fileName`.
`void` | `setStandardOutputFile(java.lang.String fileName, QIODevice.OpenModeFlag[] mode)`
`void` | `setStandardOutputProcess(QProcess destination)` Pipes the standard output stream of this process to the `destination` process' standard input.
`protected void` | `setupChildProcess()` This function is called in the child process context just before the program is executed on Unix or Mac OS X (i.e., after fork(), but before execve()).
`void` | `setWorkingDirectory(java.lang.String dir)` Sets the working directory to `dir`.
`void` | `start(java.lang.String program)` Starts the program `program` in a new process.
`void` | `start(java.lang.String program, java.util.List arguments)` Starts the program `program` in a new process, passing the command line arguments in `arguments`.
`void` | `start(java.lang.String program, java.util.List arguments, QIODevice.OpenMode mode)` Starts the program `program` in a new process, passing the command line arguments in `arguments`.
`void` | `start(java.lang.String program, java.util.List arguments, QIODevice.OpenModeFlag[] mode)`
`void` | `start(java.lang.String program, QIODevice.OpenMode mode)` Starts the program `program` in a new process.
`void` | `start(java.lang.String program, QIODevice.OpenModeFlag[] mode)`
`static boolean` | `startDetached(java.lang.String program)` Starts the program `program` in a new process.
`static boolean` | `startDetached(java.lang.String program, java.util.List arguments)` Starts the program `program` with the arguments `arguments` in a new process, and detaches from it.
`static QProcess.DetachedProcessInfo` | `startDetached(java.lang.String program, java.util.List arguments, java.lang.String workingDirectory)`
`QProcess.ProcessState` | `state()` Returns the current state of the process.
`static java.util.List` | `systemEnvironment()` Returns the environment of the calling process as a list of key=value pairs.
`void` | `terminate()` Attempts to terminate the process.
`boolean` | `waitForFinished()` Blocks until the process has finished and the `finished()` signal has been emitted, or until `msecs` milliseconds have passed.
`boolean` | `waitForFinished(int msecs)` Blocks until the process has finished and the `finished()` signal has been emitted, or until `msecs` milliseconds have passed.
`boolean` | `waitForStarted()` Blocks until the process has started and the `started()` signal has been emitted, or until `msecs` milliseconds have passed.
`boolean` | `waitForStarted(int msecs)` Blocks until the process has started and the `started()` signal has been emitted, or until `msecs` milliseconds have passed.
`java.lang.String` | `workingDirectory()` If QProcess has been assigned a working directory, this function returns the working directory that the QProcess will enter before the program has started.

Methods inherited from class com.trolltech.qt.core.QIODevice
`atEnd, bytesAvailable, bytesToWrite, canReadLine, close, errorString, getByte, isOpen, isReadable, isSequential, isTextModeEnabled, isWritable, open, open, openMode, peek, peek, pos, putByte, read, read, readAll, readData, readLine, readLine, readLine, readLineData, reset, seek, setErrorString, setOpenMode, setOpenMode, setTextModeEnabled, size, ungetByte, waitForBytesWritten, waitForReadyRead, write, write, writeData`

Methods inherited from class com.trolltech.qt.core.QObject
`childEvent, children, connectSlotsByName, customEvent, disposeLater, dumpObjectInfo, dumpObjectTree, dynamicPropertyNames, event, eventFilter, findChild, findChild, findChild, findChildren, findChildren, findChildren, findChildren, indexOfProperty, installEventFilter, isWidgetType, killTimer, moveToThread, objectName, parent, properties, property, removeEventFilter, setObjectName, setParent, setProperty, startTimer, timerEvent, toString, userProperty`

Methods inherited from class com.trolltech.qt.QtJambiObject
`dispose, disposed, equals, finalize, reassignNativeResources, tr, tr, tr`

Methods inherited from class com.trolltech.qt.QSignalEmitter
`blockSignals, disconnect, disconnect, signalsBlocked, signalSender, thread`

Methods inherited from class com.trolltech.qt.internal.QSignalEmitterInternal
`__qt_signalInitialization`

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
`clone, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait`

Methods inherited from interface com.trolltech.qt.QtJambiInterface
`disableGarbageCollection, nativeId, nativePointer, reenableGarbageCollection, setJavaOwnership`

Field Detail

### error

    public final QSignalEmitter.Signal1 error

  This signal takes 1 generic argument(s). We list their type and the name they go by in the description of this signal. <com.trolltech.qt.core.QProcess$ProcessError(named: error)>:

  This signal is emitted when an error occurs with the process. The specified `error` describes the type of error that occurred.

### finished

    public final QSignalEmitter.Signal1 finished

  This signal takes 1 generic argument(s). We list their type and the name they go by in the description of this signal. <java.lang.Integer(named: exitCode)>:

  Use finished(int exitCode, `QProcess::ExitStatus` status) instead.

### finishedWithStatusCode

    public final QSignalEmitter.Signal2 finishedWithStatusCode

  This signal takes 2 generic argument(s). We list their type and the name they go by in the description of this signal. <java.lang.Integer(named: exitCode), >:

  Use finished(int exitCode, `QProcess::ExitStatus` status) instead.

### readyReadStandardError

    public final QSignalEmitter.Signal0 readyReadStandardError

  This signal is emitted when the process has made new data available through its standard error channel (`stderr`). It is emitted regardless of the current `read channel`.

See also:
  `readAllStandardError()`, and `readChannel()`.

### readyReadStandardOutput

    public final QSignalEmitter.Signal0 readyReadStandardOutput

  This signal is emitted when the process has made new data available through its standard output channel (`stdout`). It is emitted regardless of the current `read channel`.

See also:
  `readAllStandardOutput()`, and `readChannel()`.

### started

    public final QSignalEmitter.Signal0 started

  This signal is emitted by QProcess when the process has started, and `state()` returns `Running` .

### stateChanged

    public final QSignalEmitter.Signal1 stateChanged

  This signal takes 1 generic argument(s). We list their type and the name they go by in the description of this signal. <com.trolltech.qt.core.QProcess$ProcessState(named: newState)>:

  This signal is emitted whenever the state of QProcess changes. The `newState` argument is the state QProcess changed to.

Constructor Detail

### QProcess

    public QProcess()

  Constructs a QProcess object with the given `parent`.

### QProcess

    public QProcess(QObject parent)

  Constructs a QProcess object with the given `parent`.

Method Detail

### closeReadChannel

    public final void closeReadChannel(QProcess.ProcessChannel channel)

  Closes the read channel `channel`. After calling this function, QProcess will no longer receive data on the channel. Any data that has already been received is still available for reading.

  Call this function to save memory, if you are not interested in the output of the process.

See also:
  `closeWriteChannel()`, and `setReadChannel()`.

### closeWriteChannel

    public final void closeWriteChannel()

  Schedules the write channel of QProcess to be closed. The channel will close once all data has been written to the process. After calling this function, any attempts to write to the process will fail.

  Closing the write channel is necessary for programs that read input data until the channel has been closed. For example, the program "more" is used to display text data in a console on both Unix and Windows. But it will not display the text data until QProcess's write channel has been closed. Example:

              QProcess more = new QProcess();
              more.start("more");
              more.write(new QByteArray("Text to display"));
              more.closeWriteChannel();
              // QProcess will emit readyRead() once "more" starts printing

  The write channel is implicitly opened when `start()` is called.

See also:
  `closeReadChannel()`.

### environment

    public final java.util.List environment()

  Returns the environment that QProcess will use when starting a process, or an empty QStringList if no environment has been set using `setEnvironment()`. If no environment has been set, the environment of the calling process will be used.

  Note: The environment settings are ignored on Windows CE, as there is no concept of an environment.

See also:
  `setEnvironment()`, and `systemEnvironment()`.

### error

    public final QProcess.ProcessError error()

  Returns the type of error that occurred last.

See also:
  `state()`.

### exitCode

    public final int exitCode()

  Returns the exit code of the last process that finished.

### exitStatus

    public final QProcess.ExitStatus exitStatus()

  Returns the exit status of the last process that finished.

  On Windows, if the process was terminated with TerminateProcess() from another application this function will still return `NormalExit` unless the exit code is less than 0.

### kill

    public final void kill()

  Kills the current process, causing it to exit immediately.

  On Windows, `kill()` uses TerminateProcess, and on Unix and Mac OS X, the SIGKILL signal is sent to the process.

See also:
  `terminate()`.

### processChannelMode

    public final QProcess.ProcessChannelMode processChannelMode()

  Returns the channel mode of the QProcess standard output and standard error channels.

See also:
  `setProcessChannelMode()`, setReadChannelMode(), `ProcessChannelMode` , and `setReadChannel()`.

### readAllStandardError

    public final QByteArray readAllStandardError()

  Regardless of the current read channel, this function returns all data available from the standard error of the process as a `QByteArray`.

See also:
  `readyReadStandardError()` , `readAllStandardOutput()`, `readChannel()`, and `setReadChannel()`.

### readAllStandardOutput

    public final QByteArray readAllStandardOutput()

  Regardless of the current read channel, this function returns all data available from the standard output of the process as a `QByteArray`.

See also:
  `readyReadStandardOutput()` , `readAllStandardError()`, `readChannel()`, and `setReadChannel()`.

### readChannel

    public final QProcess.ProcessChannel readChannel()

  Returns the current read channel of the QProcess.

See also:
  `setReadChannel()`.

### setEnvironment

    public final void setEnvironment(java.util.List environment)

  Sets the environment that QProcess will use when starting a process to the `environment` specified which consists of a list of key=value pairs.

  For example, the following code adds the `C:\\BIN` directory to the list of executable paths (`PATHS`) on Windows:

              QProcess process = new QProcess();
              List<String> env = QProcess.systemEnvironment();
              env.add("TMPDIR=C:\\MyApp\\temp"); // Add an environment variable
              for (String str : env)
                  str.replaceAll("^PATH=(.*)", "PATH=\\1;C:\\Bin");
              process.setEnvironment(env);
              process.start("myapp");

See also:
  `environment()`, and `systemEnvironment()`.

### setProcessChannelMode

    public final void setProcessChannelMode(QProcess.ProcessChannelMode mode)

  Sets the channel mode of the QProcess standard output and standard error channels to the `mode` specified. This mode will be used the next time `start()` is called. For example:

              QProcess builder = new QProcess();
              builder.setProcessChannelMode(QProcess.ProcessChannelMode.MergedChannels);

              List<String> arguments = new Vector<String>();
              arguments.add("-j2");

              builder.start("make", arguments);

              if (!builder.waitForFinished())
                  System.err.println("Make failed:" + builder.errorString());
              else
                  System.err.println("Make output:" + builder.readAll());

See also:
  `processChannelMode()`, readChannelMode(), `ProcessChannelMode` , and `setReadChannel()`.

### setProcessState

    protected final void setProcessState(QProcess.ProcessState state)

  Sets the current state of the QProcess to the `state` specified.

See also:
  `state()`.

### setReadChannel

    public final void setReadChannel(QProcess.ProcessChannel channel)

  Sets the current read channel of the QProcess to the given `channel`. The current input channel is used by the functions `read()`, `readAll()`, `readLine()`, and getChar(). It also determines which channel triggers QProcess to emit `readyRead()` .

See also:
  `readChannel()`.

### setStandardErrorFile

    public final void setStandardErrorFile(java.lang.String fileName,
                                           QIODevice.OpenModeFlag[] mode)

### setStandardErrorFile

    public final void setStandardErrorFile(java.lang.String fileName)

  Redirects the process' standard error to the file `fileName`. When the redirection is in place, the standard error read channel is closed: reading from it using `read()` will always fail, as will `readAllStandardError()`. The file will be appended to if `mode` is Append, otherwise, it will be truncated.

  See `setStandardOutputFile()` for more information on how the file is opened.

  Note: if `setProcessChannelMode()` was called with an argument of `QProcess::MergedChannels` , this function has no effect.

See also:
  `setStandardInputFile()`, `setStandardOutputFile()`, and `setStandardOutputProcess()`.

### setStandardErrorFile

    public final void setStandardErrorFile(java.lang.String fileName,
                                           QIODevice.OpenMode mode)

  Redirects the process' standard error to the file `fileName`. When the redirection is in place, the standard error read channel is closed: reading from it using `read()` will always fail, as will `readAllStandardError()`. The file will be appended to if `mode` is Append, otherwise, it will be truncated.

  See `setStandardOutputFile()` for more information on how the file is opened.

  Note: if `setProcessChannelMode()` was called with an argument of `QProcess::MergedChannels` , this function has no effect.

See also:
  `setStandardInputFile()`, `setStandardOutputFile()`, and `setStandardOutputProcess()`.

### setStandardInputFile

    public final void setStandardInputFile(java.lang.String fileName)

  Redirects the process' standard input to the file indicated by `fileName`. When an input redirection is in place, the QProcess object will be in read-only mode (calling `write()` will result in error).

  If the file `fileName` does not exist at the moment `start()` is called or is not readable, starting the process will fail.

  Calling `setStandardInputFile()` after the process has started has no effect.

See also:
  `setStandardOutputFile()`, `setStandardErrorFile()`, and `setStandardOutputProcess()`.

### setStandardOutputFile

    public final void setStandardOutputFile(java.lang.String fileName,
                                            QIODevice.OpenModeFlag[] mode)

### setStandardOutputFile

    public final void setStandardOutputFile(java.lang.String fileName)

  Redirects the process' standard output to the file `fileName`. When the redirection is in place, the standard output read channel is closed: reading from it using `read()` will always fail, as will `readAllStandardOutput()`.

  If the file `fileName` doesn't exist at the moment `start()` is called, it will be created. If it cannot be created, the starting will fail.

  If the file exists and `mode` is `QIODevice::Truncate` , the file will be truncated. Otherwise (if `mode` is `QIODevice::Append` ), the file will be appended to.

  Calling `setStandardOutputFile()` after the process has started has no effect.

See also:
  `setStandardInputFile()`, `setStandardErrorFile()`, and `setStandardOutputProcess()`.

### setStandardOutputFile

    public final void setStandardOutputFile(java.lang.String fileName,
                                            QIODevice.OpenMode mode)

  Redirects the process' standard output to the file `fileName`. When the redirection is in place, the standard output read channel is closed: reading from it using `read()` will always fail, as will `readAllStandardOutput()`.

  If the file `fileName` doesn't exist at the moment `start()` is called, it will be created. If it cannot be created, the starting will fail.

  If the file exists and `mode` is `QIODevice::Truncate` , the file will be truncated. Otherwise (if `mode` is `QIODevice::Append` ), the file will be appended to.

  Calling `setStandardOutputFile()` after the process has started has no effect.

See also:
  `setStandardInputFile()`, `setStandardErrorFile()`, and `setStandardOutputProcess()`.

### setStandardOutputProcess

    public final void setStandardOutputProcess(QProcess destination)

  Pipes the standard output stream of this process to the `destination` process' standard input.

  The following shell command:

              command1 | command2

  Can be accomplished with QProcesses with the following code:

              QProcess process1 = new QProcess();
              QProcess process2 = new QProcess();

              process1.setStandardOutputProcess(process2);

              process1.start("command1");
              process2.start("command2");

### setWorkingDirectory

    public final void setWorkingDirectory(java.lang.String dir)

  Sets the working directory to `dir`. QProcess will start the process in this directory. The default behavior is to start the process in the working directory of the calling process.

See also:
  `workingDirectory()`, and `start()`.

### start

    public final void start(java.lang.String program,
                            QIODevice.OpenModeFlag[] mode)

### start

    public final void start(java.lang.String program)

  Starts the program `program` in a new process. `program` is a single string of text containing both the program name and its arguments. The arguments are separated by one or more spaces. For example:

              QProcess process = new QProcess();
              process.start("del /s *.txt");
              // same as process.start("del", List<String>() << "/s" << "*.txt");
              // ...

  The `program` string can also contain quotes, to ensure that arguments containing spaces are correctly supplied to the new process. For example:

              QProcess process = new QProcess();
              process.start("dir \"My Documents\"");

  Note that, on Windows, quotes need to be both escaped and quoted. For example, the above code would be specified in the following way to ensure that `"My Documents"` is used as the argument to the `dir` executable:

              QProcess process = new QProcess();
              process.start("dir \"\"\"My Documents\"\"\"");

  The OpenMode is set to `mode`.

### start

    public final void start(java.lang.String program,
                            QIODevice.OpenMode mode)

  Starts the program `program` in a new process. `program` is a single string of text containing both the program name and its arguments. The arguments are separated by one or more spaces. For example:

              QProcess process = new QProcess();
              process.start("del /s *.txt");
              // same as process.start("del", List<String>() << "/s" << "*.txt");
              // ...

  The `program` string can also contain quotes, to ensure that arguments containing spaces are correctly supplied to the new process. For example:

              QProcess process = new QProcess();
              process.start("dir \"My Documents\"");

  Note that, on Windows, quotes need to be both escaped and quoted. For example, the above code would be specified in the following way to ensure that `"My Documents"` is used as the argument to the `dir` executable:

              QProcess process = new QProcess();
              process.start("dir \"\"\"My Documents\"\"\"");

  The OpenMode is set to `mode`.

### start

    public final void start(java.lang.String program,
                            java.util.List arguments,
                            QIODevice.OpenModeFlag[] mode)

### start

    public final void start(java.lang.String program,
                            java.util.List arguments)

  Starts the program `program` in a new process, passing the command line arguments in `arguments`. QProcess will immediately enter the Starting state. If the process starts successfully, QProcess will emit started(); otherwise, error() will be emitted.

  On Windows, arguments that contain spaces are wrapped in quotes.

  Note: processes are started asynchronously, which means the started() and error() signals may be delayed. Call waitForStarted() to make sure the process has started (or has failed to start) and those signals have been emitted.

### start

    public final void start(java.lang.String program,
                            java.util.List arguments,
                            QIODevice.OpenMode mode)

  Starts the program `program` in a new process, passing the command line arguments in `arguments`. The OpenMode is set to `mode`. QProcess will immediately enter the Starting state. If the process starts successfully, QProcess will emit `started()` ; otherwise, `error()` will be emitted.

  On Windows, arguments that contain spaces are wrapped in quotes.

  Note: processes are started asynchronously, which means the `started()` and `error()` signals may be delayed. Call `waitForStarted()` to make sure the process has started (or has failed to start) and those signals have been emitted.

See also:
  pid(), `started()` , and `waitForStarted()`.

### state

    public final QProcess.ProcessState state()

  Returns the current state of the process.

See also:
  `stateChanged()` , and `error()`.

### terminate

    public final void terminate()

  Attempts to terminate the process.

  The process may not exit as a result of calling this function (it is given the chance to prompt the user for any unsaved files, etc).

  On Windows, `terminate()` posts a WM_CLOSE message to all toplevel windows of the process and then to the main thread of the process itself. On Unix and Mac OS X the SIGTERM signal is sent.

  Console applications on Windows that do not run an event loop, or whose event loop does not handle the WM_CLOSE message, can only be terminated by calling `kill()`.

See also:
  `kill()`.

### waitForFinished

    public final boolean waitForFinished()

  Blocks until the process has finished and the `finished()` signal has been emitted, or until `msecs` milliseconds have passed.

  Returns true if the process finished; otherwise returns false (if the operation timed out or if an error occurred).

  This function can operate without an event loop. It is useful when writing non-GUI applications and when performing I/O operations in a non-GUI thread.

  Warning: Calling this function from the main (GUI) thread might cause your user interface to freeze.

  If msecs is -1, this function will not time out.

See also:
  `finished()` , `waitForStarted()`, `waitForReadyRead()`, and `waitForBytesWritten()`.

### waitForFinished

    public final boolean waitForFinished(int msecs)

  Blocks until the process has finished and the `finished()` signal has been emitted, or until `msecs` milliseconds have passed.

  Returns true if the process finished; otherwise returns false (if the operation timed out or if an error occurred).

  This function can operate without an event loop. It is useful when writing non-GUI applications and when performing I/O operations in a non-GUI thread.

  Warning: Calling this function from the main (GUI) thread might cause your user interface to freeze.

  If msecs is -1, this function will not time out.

See also:
  `finished()` , `waitForStarted()`, `waitForReadyRead()`, and `waitForBytesWritten()`.

### waitForStarted

    public final boolean waitForStarted()

  Blocks until the process has started and the `started()` signal has been emitted, or until `msecs` milliseconds have passed.

  Returns true if the process was started successfully; otherwise returns false (if the operation timed out or if an error occurred).

  This function can operate without an event loop. It is useful when writing non-GUI applications and when performing I/O operations in a non-GUI thread.

  Warning: Calling this function from the main (GUI) thread might cause your user interface to freeze.

  If msecs is -1, this function will not time out.

See also:
  `started()` , `waitForReadyRead()`, `waitForBytesWritten()`, and `waitForFinished()`.

### waitForStarted

    public final boolean waitForStarted(int msecs)

  Blocks until the process has started and the `started()` signal has been emitted, or until `msecs` milliseconds have passed.

  Returns true if the process was started successfully; otherwise returns false (if the operation timed out or if an error occurred).

  This function can operate without an event loop. It is useful when writing non-GUI applications and when performing I/O operations in a non-GUI thread.

  Warning: Calling this function from the main (GUI) thread might cause your user interface to freeze.

  If msecs is -1, this function will not time out.

See also:
  `started()` , `waitForReadyRead()`, `waitForBytesWritten()`, and `waitForFinished()`.

### workingDirectory

    public final java.lang.String workingDirectory()

  If QProcess has been assigned a working directory, this function returns the working directory that the QProcess will enter before the program has started. Otherwise, (i.e., no directory has been assigned,) an empty string is returned, and QProcess will use the application's current working directory instead.

See also:
  `setWorkingDirectory()`.

### setupChildProcess

    protected void setupChildProcess()

  This function is called in the child process context just before the program is executed on Unix or Mac OS X (i.e., after fork(), but before execve()). Reimplement this function to do last minute initialization of the child process. Example:

              This code is not relevant for Qt Jambi.
              class SandboxProcess extends QProcess
              {

                  protected void setupChildProcess()
                  {
                  // Drop all privileges in the child process, and enter
                  // a chroot jail.
                      if (QSysInfo.operatingSystem() == QSysInfo.OS_LINUX) {
                          setgroups(0, 0);
                          chroot("/etc/safe");
                          chdir("/");
                          setgid(safeGid);
                          setuid(safeUid);
                      }
                  }
              }

  Warning: This function is called by QProcess on Unix and Mac OS X only. On Windows, it is not called.

### execute

    public static int execute(java.lang.String program)

  Starts the program `program` in a new process. `program` is a single string of text containing both the program name and its arguments. The arguments are separated by one or more spaces.

### execute

    public static int execute(java.lang.String program,
                              java.util.List arguments)

  Starts the program `program` with the arguments `arguments` in a new process, waits for it to finish, and then returns the exit code of the process. Any data the new process writes to the console is forwarded to the calling process.

  The environment and working directory are inherited by the calling process.

  On Windows, arguments that contain spaces are wrapped in quotes.

### startDetached

    public static boolean startDetached(java.lang.String program)

  Starts the program `program` in a new process. `program` is a single string of text containing both the program name and its arguments. The arguments are separated by one or more spaces.

  The `program` string can also contain quotes, to ensure that arguments containing spaces are correctly supplied to the new process.

### startDetached

    public static boolean startDetached(java.lang.String program,
                                        java.util.List arguments)

  Starts the program `program` with the arguments `arguments` in a new process, and detaches from it. Returns true on success; otherwise returns false. If the calling process exits, the detached process will continue to live.

  On Unix, the started process will run in its own session and act like a daemon. On Windows, it will run as a regular standalone process.

  On Windows, arguments that contain spaces are wrapped in quotes.

### systemEnvironment

    public static java.util.List systemEnvironment()

  Returns the environment of the calling process as a list of key=value pairs. Example:

              List<String> environment = QProcess.systemEnvironment();
              // environment = {"PATH=/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin",
              //               "USER=greg", "HOME=/home/greg"}

See also:
  `environment()`, and `setEnvironment()`.

### startDetached

    public static QProcess.DetachedProcessInfo startDetached(java.lang.String program,
                                                             java.util.List arguments,
                                                             java.lang.String workingDirectory)

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