I write a PDF generator that is implemented in Java and uses PowerShell scripts to compile TEX files with latexmk
.
An example for a generated command is powershell.exe -NoProfile -NoLogo "&'C:\path\to\scripts\compileTex.ps1' 'C:\path\to\workingDir' 'filename.tex'"
.
If I this command manually in the cmd
the command compiles the TEX file and returns properly.
When I call this script via Java it does not return.
I read many other questions that suggest adding < NUL
at the end of the command. I do this by explicitly closing the input stream of the process. Resulting from that all PowerShell scripts return properly except for the one with the latexmk
command.
I use the following PowerShell script for compilation:
param(
[Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string] $workingDir,
[Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string] $texFileName
)
if (Test-Path -LiteralPath "$workingDir") {
cd "$workingDir"
if (Test-Path -LiteralPath "$texFileName") {
$texFileBaseName = $texFileName.Trim(".tex")
latexmk -nobibtex -norc -pdf -jobname="$texFileBaseName" "$texFileName" # FIXME This call leads to a timeout
} else {
Write-Error "Could not find \"$texFileName\""
}
} else {
Write-Error "The working directory \"$workingDir\" does not exist"
}
I use the following Java snippet for calling this script:
StringJoiner innerCommand = new StringJoiner(" ", "\"&", "\"")
.add(String.format("'%s'", script.normalize().toString()));
for (String param : params) {
if (param.startsWith("-")) { // Its an option or switch
innerCommand.add(param);
} else {
innerCommand.add(String.format("'%s'", param));
}
}
StringJoiner command = new StringJoiner(" ")
.add("powershell.exe")
.add("-NoProfile")
.add("-NoLogo")
.add(innerCommand.toString());
try {
Process process = Runtime.getRuntime()
.exec(command);
process.getOutputStream().close(); // Make sure CMD does not wait for further commands
boolean exited = process.waitFor(COMMAND_TIMEOUT_VALUE, COMMAND_TIMEOUT_UNIT);
String stdOutResult = new String(process.getInputStream().readAllBytes());
T commandResult;
if (exited) {
if (process.exitValue() == 0) {
commandResult = onSuccess.apply(stdOutResult);
} else {
String stdErrResult = new String(process.getErrorStream().readAllBytes());
commandResult = onFailure.apply(stdOutResult, stdErrResult);
}
} else {
commandResult = onTimeout.get();
}
return commandResult;
} catch (IOException | InterruptedException ex) {
throw new SystemCommandFailedException(String.format("Processing %d errored", commandID), ex);
}
}
EDIT:
Appending a [Console]::Out.Flush()
does not do the trick.