Question

i have build script in remote machine.but i want to start the build from my local machine.so for this i need to update the input.properties file in remote machine and then run the batch file to start the build process. For this i have created one web page

so how can i modify the remote input.properties file and run the batch file in C#.
please give me some suggestion for this.
thanks in advance…

Answer 1

You need to edit the properties file remotely, using a Stream Reader / Stream Writer. There are many ways to do that. You should be able to solve that yourself.

Once you are happy that the properties file is updated correctly you will need to use PSEXEC service to launch the Batch file locally on the User’s machine. So in this case, the batch file needs to be copied over to the remote machine.

What I normally do is write the Batch file your intending on using to the remote machine on the fly, and as soon as I can see that the associated process has finished, I remove the batch file from the local machine.

PSEXEC will be ran at your end, you use it to connect up to the end users machine and fire the batch file.

You can create a process like below :-

       Process p = new Process();
       p.StartInfo.CreateNoWindow = true;
       p.StartInfo.UseShellExecute = false;
       p.StartInfo.FileName = "C:\\psexec.exe";
       p.StartInfo.Arguments = "\\\\" + computerName + " C:\\YourBatFile.bat";
       p.Start();
       p.WaitForExit();

This will open a process on the local machine, that will launch your batch file.

I would recommend learning about the PSEXEC Service, its how I’ve always launched remote processed.

Hope this helps.