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compiling error (cannot reslove sysmbol)

I have get the following error when compiling. Could someone provide me with a working solution?

FYI: The rt.exec only works when I put the variables into an array.

ThreeParams.java:43: cannot resolve symbol
symbol : variable args
location: class ThreeParams
FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream(args[0]);
^
1 error

import javax.servlet.http.*;
import java.io.*;
import java.util.*;
import javax.servlet.*;
import javax.servlet.http.*;

public class ThreeParams extends HttpServlet {
public void doGet(HttpServletRequest request,
HttpServletResponse response)
throws ServletException, IOException {
response.setContentType("text/html");
PrintWriter out = response.getWriter();
String title = "Reading Three Request Parameters";
out.println(ServletUtilities.headWithTitle(title) +
"<BODY BGCOLOR=\"#FDF5E6\">\n" +
"<H1 ALIGN=CENTER>" + title + "</H1>\n" +
"<UL>\n" +
" <LI><B>param1</B>: "
+ request.getParameter("Name") + "\n" +
" <LI><B>param2</B>: "
+ request.getParameter("Text") + "\n" +
" <LI><B>param3</B>: "
+ request.getParameter("Date") + "\n" +
"</UL>\n" +
"</BODY></HTML>");

String Date = request.getParameter("Date");
String command = "/scripts/Script.sh";
String Text = request.getParameter("Text");
String cmd[] = new String[3];
cmd[0]=command;
cmd[1]=Text;
cmd[2]=Date;
System.out.println();
FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream(args[0]);
Runtime rt = Runtime.getRuntime();
Process proc = rt.exec(cmd);
}
}

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your right...the orginal file was not a servlet and I was passing an argument to it. After removing the line above the class compiled

Mayank S

Great.