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[C#] Execute command in background
/// <summary>
/// Execute the command Asynchronously.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="command">string command.</param>
public void ExecuteCommandAsync(string command)
{
try
{
//Asynchronously start the Thread to process the Execute command request.
Thread objThread = new Thread(new ParameterizedThreadStart(ExecuteCommandSync));
//Make the thread as background thread.
objThread.IsBackground = true;
//Set the Priority of the thread.
objThread.Priority = ThreadPriority.AboveNormal;
//Start the thread.
objThread.Start(command);
}
catch (ThreadStartException objException)
{
// Log the exception
}
catch (ThreadAbortException objException)
{
// Log the exception
}
catch (Exception objException)
{
// Log the exception
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Executes a shell command synchronously.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="command">string command</param>
/// <returns>string, as output of the command.</returns>
public void ExecuteCommandSync(object command)
{
try
{
// create the ProcessStartInfo using "cmd" as the program to be run,
// and "/c " as the parameters.
// Incidentally, /c tells cmd that we want it to execute the command that follows,
// and then exit.
System.Diagnostics.ProcessStartInfo procStartInfo =
new System.Diagnostics.ProcessStartInfo("cmd", "/c " + command);
// The following commands are needed to redirect the standard output.
// This means that it will be redirected to the Process.StandardOutput StreamReader.
procStartInfo.RedirectStandardOutput = true;
procStartInfo.UseShellExecute = false;
// Do not create the black window.
procStartInfo.CreateNoWindow = true;
// Now we create a process, assign its ProcessStartInfo and start it
System.Diagnostics.Process proc = new System.Diagnostics.Process();
proc.StartInfo = procStartInfo;
proc.Start();
// Get the output into a string
string result = proc.StandardOutput.ReadToEnd();
// Display the command output.
Console.WriteLine(result);
}
catch (Exception objException)
{
// Log the exception
}
}
// SE UTILIZA LA CONSOLA DE WINDOWS PARA REALIZAR LA COPIA DE FICHEROS
string c = @"copy """ + rutaProjCent + @""" """ + pathFileVer + @""" ";
Console.WriteLine(Util.ExecuteCommandSync(c));
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