I am facing an issue to run the command batch file through C#. Actually I have created a batch File named Log.bat which is used to get file size of all directory files. I put this batch file in my desktop. when I run this it successfully retrieve the directories and their files size.
My script of batch file is:
dir /s > "C:\Documents and Settings\dinesh.kumar\Desktop\LogFile.txt"
This given path is my file saved location.
Output:
Directory of C:\Documents and Settings\dinesh.kumar\Desktop\Color Cop
10/24/2007 12:08 AM 97,792 ColorCop.exe
08/10/2006 03:12 PM 26,235 ColorCop.HLP
08/10/2006 03:12 PM 372 file_id.diz
10/23/2007 11:50 PM 1,332 license.txt
10/24/2007 12:06 AM 10,877 readme.txt
5 File(s) 136,608 bytes
Now I have developed an windows application to run that batch file in c#.
my code for run the batch file is:
protected void btnRun_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("C:\\Documents and Settings\\dinesh.kumar\\Desktop\\Log.bat");
}
But when I run this application, it creates the LogFile.txt on desktop but it give the files of microsoftvisualstudio directory like this.
Output
Directory of C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\Common7\IDE
08/11/2011 12:53 PM <DIR> .
08/11/2011 12:53 PM <DIR> ..
06/29/2011 04:14 PM <DIR> 1033
09/23/2005 02:53 AM 27,648 cmddef.dll
09/23/2005 04:24 AM 257,024 compluslm.dll
09/23/2005 03:37 AM 139,264 csformatui.dll
09/23/2005 07:15 AM 33,792 custsat.dll
09/23/2005 07:15 AM 1,038,848 dbghelp.dll
09/22/2005 11:16 PM 27,112 dteproperties.tlb
06/29/2011 04:14 PM <DIR> ExceptionAssistantContent
06/29/2011 04:14 PM <DIR> HTML
08/11/2011 12:53 PM 96,032 LogFile.txt
09/23/2005 06:56 AM 19,456 MakeZipExe.exe
09/23/2005 06:56 AM 393,216 Microsoft.Data.ConnectionUI.Dialog.dll
09/23/2005 06:56 AM 6,144 Microsoft.Data.ConnectionUI.dll
Sorry the data is so long. I cant paste in it.
Why is it not shows desktop directories and their files.
What did I do wrong? Any code or suggestion will be appreciated.
Thanks in advance
This is because your working directory is set to the application’s directory when you call Process.Start.
Use the overload of Process.Start which accepts a ProccessStartInfo, then set the WorkingDirectory to the path of the batch file.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/0w4h05yb.aspx