So the real question was, how can I capture the output of a linux command line program so that I can use it as input within my mono program.
A couple of ways suggest themselves 1. from within your app, run a shell process (spawn or whatever mono uses) with command line prog (someprog > somefile) then read in somefile and use that 2. some programming languages allow the output of a spawned/shelled whatever process to be tied to a filehandle that can then be used to pull in the data required for the 2nd way, trawling back through this mailing list archive will give an answer something like public class GACReader { private static void Main() { System.Diagnostics.Process GACRead; GACRead = new System.Diagnostics.Process(); GACRead.StartInfo.FileName = "gacutil"; GACRead.StartInfo.Arguments = " -l | grep Version=1"; GACRead.StartInfo.UseShellExecute = true; GACRead.StartInfo.RedirectStandardOutput = false; GACRead.Start(); contents = GACRead.StandardOutput.ReadToEnd(); GACRead.WaitForExit(); GACRead.Close(); } } This won't compile as contents is undefined but you should get the idea from it. Another way to ask for help is to give a better idea of what you want to achieve in plain english, an example in another programming language can also help, and of course reading the mailing list archive, and not dissing folk for answering the question you asked rather than the question you thought you asked. Hope this leads you to an answer you can use. regards kevin On Tue, 2005-08-16 at 10:54 +1000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > try using > > 2>&1 > > instead of > > > > > > > Joel. > > > > I'm not not using the Command line, and nowhere have I used >. > > I am trying to capture stdout from commandline programs so I can use that > output in real time in a GUI application. > > Can I have some sensible replies please. > > Regards > > Tracy Barlow > _______________________________________________ > Mono-list maillist - Mono-list@lists.ximian.com > http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/mono-list -- Kevin Mulholland ICT Manager Landis+Gyr Ltd desk 00 44 161 919 8930 mobile 00 44 7947893810 -- _______________________________________________ Mono-list maillist - Mono-list@lists.ximian.com http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/mono-list