Whats wrong with system.diagnostics

i want to delete file.txt

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System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("cmd.exe", @"/c del  d:\\file.txt");

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but this is not deleting the file. any input?

and if you run this command alone, does it work?

also check the exit code

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System.Diagnostics.Process.ExitCode

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Why to do it in such a obscure way? Ins't File.Delete better?

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Originally Posted by boudino

Why to do it in such a obscure way?

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for fun? to learn something new?

Maybe new forum could be established: toy fixing :)

this is my complete code

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System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("cmd.exe", @"/c route print > d:\file.txt"); // Get the route print to text file
            StreamReader streamReader = new StreamReader(filePath);
            string readtext = streamReader.ReadToEnd();
            streamReader.Close();
 System.IO.File.Delete("d:\file.txt"); //Delete the  output dump file

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But i am getting error in the stream reader(filepath)

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Could not find file 'd:\file.txt'..

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the File is getting genereated

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Originally Posted by boudino

Why to do it in such a obscure way? Ins't File.Delete better?

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i have started to do coing in c# just 4 days back. I want to get the route print command to be executed and get that to a file . So when i searched some forum, i got the reply to do with

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System.Diagnostics.Process.Start

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To delete also , i was trying the same way. i was not aware of the other option available. Now i moved code to file.delete . thanks for the help on that .
Is there a way i can run the command prompt from the c# other than what i have done using System.Diagnostics.Process.Start

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Originally Posted by makdu

Is there a way i can run the command prompt from the c# other than what i have done using System.Diagnostics.Process.Start

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No.

The file is not getting deleted

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System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("cmd.exe", @"/c route print > d:\file.txt"); // Get the route print to text file
            using (StreamReader streamReader = File.OpenText(filePath))
            {

                string s = "";
                if ((s = streamReader.ReadLine()) != null)
                {
                    readtext = streamReader.ReadToEnd();// streamReader.ReadToEnd();

                }
            }



            /* delete all unwanted files */
         
                System.IO.File.Delete("d:\\file.txt"); //Delete the  output dump file

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also at first time rum ( after manually deleting the file.txt) , i am getting file not found error at

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using (StreamReader streamReader = File.OpenText(filePath))

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hERE IS my Complete code. This code some times work proplery by reading and writing ( when there is a breakpoint), some times it is not working

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class Program
    {
        static void deletefiles()
        {

            System.IO.File.Delete("d:\\madavas1.txt");// delete madavas1.txt
            System.IO.File.Delete("d:\\madavas2.txt");// delete madavas2.txt
            System.IO.File.Delete("d:\\file.txt"); //Delete the  output dump file
        }
       
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            string regMatch = "Active Routes:";//string to search for inside of text file. It is case sensitive.
              string filePath = @"d:\file.txt";
            string readtext = "";
            string path = "";
            bool found = false, last = false;

            path = @"d:\\file.txt";
            if (!File.Exists(path))
            {
                using (StreamWriter sw = File.CreateText(path)) // Create a file to write to madavas2.txt.
                {
                }
            }
            System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("cmd.exe", @"/c route print > d:\file.txt"); // Get the route print to text file
            using (StreamReader streamReader = File.OpenText(filePath))
            {
                    string s = "";
                if ((s = streamReader.ReadLine()) != null)
                {
                    readtext = streamReader.ReadToEnd();// streamReader.ReadToEnd();

                }
            }
                       
            /* delete all unwanted files */
            deletefiles();
             
            path = @"d:\\madavas1.txt";
            if (!File.Exists(path))
            {
                // Create a file to write to madavas1.txt.
                using (StreamWriter sw = File.CreateText(path))
                {
                }
            }
            path = @"d:\\madavas2.txt";
            if (!File.Exists(path))
            {
                // Create a file to write to madavas2.txt.
                using (StreamWriter sw = File.CreateText(path))
                {
                }
            }

              /* create mdavas2.txt for active route*/

            StringReader madvas2 = new StringReader(readtext);
            string madvas2temp = null;

            while ((madvas2temp = madvas2.ReadLine()) != null)
            {
                if (Regex.IsMatch(madvas2temp, regMatch))
                {
                    found = !found;
                }
                if (found)
                {
                    if (Regex.IsMatch(madvas2temp, "======"))
                    {
                        found = false;
                        break;
                    }
                    System.IO.StreamWriter file = new System.IO.StreamWriter("d:\\madavas2.txt", true);
                    file.WriteLine(madvas2temp);
                    file.Close();
                }
            }
            madvas2.Close();
            /* create mdavas1.txt for persistent route*/
            StringReader madvas1 = new StringReader(readtext);
            string madvas1temp = null;
            regMatch = "Persistent Routes:";
            while ((madvas1temp = madvas1.ReadLine()) != null)
            {
                if (Regex.IsMatch(madvas1temp, regMatch))
                {
                    found = !found;
                }
                if (found || last)
                {
                    if (Regex.IsMatch(madvas1temp, "======"))
                    {
                        found = false;
                        break;
                    }
                    System.IO.StreamWriter file = new System.IO.StreamWriter("d:\\madavas1.txt", true);
                    file.WriteLine(madvas1temp);
                    file.Close();
                }
            }
            madvas1.Close();
            List<string[]> sl = new List<string[]>();
            string temp2;
            string[] delim = { " " };
            Int32 testvalue = 0;
            using (StreamReader sr = new StreamReader("d:\\madavas2.txt"))
            {
                while ((temp2 = sr.ReadLine()) != null)
                {
                    sl.Add(temp2.Split(delim, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries));
                    // testvalue=int32.parse(s1(0));
                }
                testvalue = Int32.Parse(sl[2][4]);
            }
            deletefiles();
        }
      }

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Is it something to do with the timer?

try to call

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System.Diagnostics.Process.WaitForExit();

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right after

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System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("cmd.exe", @"/c route print > d:\file.txt"); // Get the route print to text file
System.Diagnostics.Process.WaitForExit()

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