[Mono-list] Capturing output from Linux Command Line programs

[mono-list.1.tracyanne at spamgourmet.com]

> What's wrong with firing off a System.Diagnostics.Process that executes 
> it, and reading the output from the "StandardOutput" stream on the 
> process? You say that Process "does not seem to function as expected"; 
> howso?
> 
> Regards,
> -= El =-

Try this,

using System;
using System.Diagnostics;
using System.IO;

class MainClass
{
	public static void Main(string[] args)
	{
		ProcessStartInfo psi = new ProcessStartInfo("wget");
		//
		//change the pths to one of your choosing
		//
		psi.Arguments = "-m -nd --directory-prefix=/home/tracy/Downloads/test
--input-file=/home/tracy/Downloads/test/wgetlist";

		psi.RedirectStandardInput = true;
		psi.RedirectStandardOutput = true;
		psi.RedirectStandardError = true;
		
		//place the following text in a file name wgetlist
		//ftp://anonymous@ftp.planetmirror.com/disks/2/mandrake/devel/cooker/i586/media/main/cdrdao-1.2.0-2mdk.i586.rpm
		//
		
		psi.UseShellExecute = false;
		
		
		Process process = Process.Start(psi);
		
		Console.WriteLine("Process Name: " + process.ProcessName);
		Console.WriteLine("Process Id: " + process.Id);
		Console.WriteLine("Process RedirectOutput: " +
process.StartInfo.RedirectStandardOutput);
		
			
		bool retn = false;
		int i = 1;
		while (!retn)
		{
			
			retn = process.WaitForExit(1000);
			
			Console.WriteLine("Application has exited: " + retn.ToString());
			
			StreamReader sr = process.StandardOutput;			
			Console.WriteLine("Whatever was in standard Output: " +
sr.ReadToEnd());
				
			i++;
		}
	}
}


The test program reports that RedirectStandardOutput is False, even
though I set it to true, but as there is no output from wget displayed,
I assume that stdout has been redirected. But I don't get any output,
the test program block at the line 

StreamReader sr = process.StandardOutput;

Regards

Tracy Barlow