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import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.OutputStream;
import java.io.PrintWriter;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;
import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;

class Exec extends Thread  {
  InputStream is;
  String type;
  OutputStream os;

  Exec(InputStream is, String type) {
    this(is, type, null);
  }

  Exec(InputStream is, String type, OutputStream redirect) {
    this.is = is;
    this.type = type;
    this.os = redirect;
  }

  public void run() {
    try {
      PrintWriter pw = null;
      if (os != null) {
        pw = new PrintWriter(os);
      }  
     
      InputStreamReader isr = new InputStreamReader(is);
      BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(isr);
      String line=null;
 
       while ( (line = br.readLine()) != null) {
         if (pw != null) {
           pw.println(line);
           pw.flush();
         }
 
         System.out.println(type + ">" + line);
       }
 
       if (pw != null)
         pw.flush();
    } catch (IOException ioe) { ioe.printStackTrace(); }
  }
}
	
public class ExecMe {
  public static void main(String[] args)
  {
    // ... perform command argument check  ...
	
    try {
	  FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream("c:\\output.txt");
	  Runtime rt = Runtime.getRuntime();
	  Process proc = rt.exec("notemaker");
	  // any error message?
	  Exec errorGobbler = new Exec(proc.getErrorStream(), "ERROR");
	
	  // any output?
	  Exec outputGobbler = new Exec(proc.getInputStream(), "OUTPUT", fos);
	
	  errorGobbler.start();
	  outputGobbler.start();
	
	  // any error?
	  int exitVal = proc.waitFor();
	  errorGobbler.join();     //handle condition where the
          outputGobbler.join();    //process ends before the threads finish 

	  fos.flush();
	  fos.close();
    } catch (Throwable t) { t.printStackTrace(); }
  }
}