Using the ProcessStartInfo
and Process
I would like start a program (e g getdiff.exe) and then read all the output that program produces. Later I will use the data in a more constructive way put right now I just want to print the data to ensure it works. However the program doesn’t terminate as it should. Does anyone se why? Thank you in advanced.
ProcessStartInfo psi = new ProcessStartInfo("getdiff.exe");
psi.Arguments = "DIFF";
psi.UseShellExecute = false;
psi.RedirectStandardInput = true;
psi.WorkingDirectory = "c:\\test";
Process p = Process.Start(psi);
string read = p.StandardOutput.ReadToEnd();
p.WaitForExit();
Console.WriteLine(p);
Console.WriteLine("Complete");
p.Close();
Changing the program to this got it working correctly:
ProcessStartInfo psi = new ProcessStartInfo("getdiff.exe");
psi.Arguments = "DIFF";
psi.UseShellExecute = false;
psi.RedirectStandardInput = true;
psi.WorkingDirectory = "c:\\test";
Process p = Process.Start(psi);
StreamReader read = p.StandardOutput;
while (read.Peek() >= 0)
Console.WriteLine(read.ReadLine());
Console.WriteLine("Complete");
p.WaitForExit();
p.Close();
ProcessStartInfo psi = new ProcessStartInfo("getdiff.exe");
psi.Arguments = "DIFF";
psi.UseShellExecute = false;
psi.RedirectStandardInput = true;
psi.WorkingDirectory = "c:\\test";
Process p = Process.Start(psi);
StreamReader read = p.StandardOutput;
while (read.Peek() >= 0)
Console.WriteLine(read.ReadLine());
Console.WriteLine("Complete");
p.WaitForExit();
p.Close();