Running Batch File From C# Script

Hello! I have a batch file in my assets folder that I want to use with my game and I was wondering how I would run it from a C# script.

Thanks!

 

Here's an edited snippet from a wrapper we use. It's part of other stuff that handles threaded and async calls so it's probably longer than you need to just quickly call something (and doesn't define all the variables being used) but it should give you an idea of where to look in the .Net docs to get your stuff done.

Code (CSharp):

1. using System.Diagnostics;
2.  
3. // ...
4.  
5. public void Run() {
6.     // start the child process
7.     Process process = new Process();
8.  
9.     // redirect the output stream of the child process.
10.     process.StartInfo.UseShellExecute = false;
11.     process.StartInfo.RedirectStandardOutput = true;
12.     process.StartInfo.CreateNoWindow = true;
13.     process.StartInfo.FileName = command;
14.     process.StartInfo.Arguments = arguments;
15.  
16.     if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(workingDirectory)) {
17.         process.StartInfo.WorkingDirectory = workingDirectory;
18.     } else {
19.         process.StartInfo.WorkingDirectory = Application.temporaryCachePath; // nb. can only be called on the main thread
20.     }
21.  
22.     int exitCode = -1;
23.     string output = null;
24.  
25.     try {
26.         process.Start();
27.  
28.         // do not wait for the child process to exit before
29.         // reading to the end of its redirected stream.
30.         // process.WaitForExit();
31.  
32.         // read the output stream first and then wait.
33.         output = process.StandardOutput.ReadToEnd();
34.         process.WaitForExit();
35.     }
36.     catch (Exception e) {
37.         Debug.LogError("Run error" + e.ToString()); // or throw new Exception
38.     }
39.     finally {
40.         exitCode = process.ExitCode;
41.  
42.         process.Dispose();
43.         process = null;
44.     }
45.  
46.     // process exitCode/output, call onComplete handlers etc.
47.     // ...
48. }

Or, check stack overflow - plenty of snippets to get you started on there.
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5519328/executing-batch-file-in-c-sharp

 

Code (CSharp):

1. Process.Start(Application.streamingAssetsPath + "/FolderName" + "/run.bat");