System.Diagnostics.Process to run DIR

[David]

Hi all,

I am attempting to run...

dir /s c:\ c:\mydir.txt

from within C#. (It works fine from a command prompt)

I am using

..StartInfo.FileName = "dir";
..StartInfo.Arguments = "/s c:\\ c:\\mydir.txt";

but when I attempt to run it, I am crashing out that the file is not found.

It appears that it is the dir command, which I think is not actually a file
but part of the core instructions built into the OS.

How do I run the dir command from within c#?

As a side note, I also attempted FileName = "cmd" and moved the dir to the
Arguments. This didn't fail, it just didn't work.

Thanks for your help.

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[David]

Doh!!! found it...

..FileName = "cmd.exe";
..Arguments = "/c dir c:\\ c:\\mydir.txt";


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Dave Colliver.
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[David]

Doh, that's a typo.

It is meant to say...

dir /s c:\ > c:\mydir.txt

basically, it passes the output from dir into a text file that I can handle
later.

I have it working now.
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Dave Colliver.
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