Chars in string

Question

Hi.
I have made a c# app. in which i run another app. using Process. Everything has worked like a charm untill I added another argument to the app.StartInfo.Arguments string. The string I added looks like this: ">build2.log ". Do you know if there are any issues with the char ">" or something? Because when I run my app. in debug mode and copy the argument string and paste it in a regular command line console, the external app. runs fine. But when I run the external app. in my own app it does not execute correctly...

Thanks in advance!

james stone · Answer

Thanks. You are right. I solved the issue by using process.StartInfo.RedirectStandardOutput.

Alan · Answer

If you're using the command shell the problem may be caused by not closing the shell afterwards using the /c switch. For example to run the DOS command 'dir /od' and redirect output to a file you would do: using System; using System.Diagnostics; class Test { static void Main() { Process p = new Process(); p.StartInfo.FileName = cmd.exe; p.StartInfo.Arguments = /c dir /od >build2.log; p.Start(); } } This wouldn't work if you didn't use /c.