how to run a shell script using javascript

BibhuAshish

Hi,
I have a button. I want to run a shell script when i click that button.
My HTML code is given below:
Can anybody help me out for this problem?

Oct 28 '08 #1

acoder

This won't be possible with standard JavaScript on a normal web page. What are you trying to do?

Oct 28 '08 #2

BibhuAshish

This won't be possible with standard JavaScript on a normal web page. What are you trying to do?

Thanks for ur reply.
I have two buttons one is for start server and other for stop server.
To start a server one shell script is there and for stop also.
I want to do that when i click start button it should start my server for that i have to run that shell script.
Using java api Runtime and Process i can run shell script but by clicking a button how to run shell script i do not know.
Can you help me out?????

Oct 29 '08 #3

acoder

If it's a shell script on the server, then use Ajax to call the server-side script. That's if you want to avoid a page unload. If not, you could just submit the page. If you're not familiar with Ajax, check out some of the links in the Off-site Links sticky.

Oct 29 '08 #4