Start app on a remote machine

Hi,

I am trying to use java to do the following:

Remote machine(Windows ): Has a drive mapped(m:\) to a network share.
Invoking a BAT file(test.BAT) from this drive will install an
application on the remote machine.

From my local machine(current ly on Unix), I want to Run a java GUI
that will invoke test.BAT on the remote machine, which will install
the app on this remote machine.

Can I code in java without using RMI...? If so, please someone give an
example...

I do not seem to find anything that will invoke a remote process(on a
remote machine) - runtime exec... or am I missing something very big
here...

Thanks
Sandiyan