Example process: fsutil.
Very useful link on obtaining and setting fsutil behaviour and properties at this following link:
http://blogs.microsoft.co.il/skepper/2014/07/16/symbolic_link/
Typically contained in the System32 folder: C:\Windows\System32
It is quite simple to do and consists of two main steps:
Step 1: Create Process object and set its StartInfo object accordingly
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 | var process = new Process{ StartInfo = new ProcessStartInfo { FileName = "C:\\Windows\\System32\\fsutil.exe", Arguments = "behavior query SymlinkEvaluation", UseShellExecute = false, RedirectStandardOutput = true, CreateNoWindow = true }}; |
Step 2: Start the process and read each line obtained from it:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 | process.Start();while (!process.StandardOutput.EndOfStream){ var line = process.StandardOutput.ReadLine(); Console.WriteLine(line);} |
Full Code listing:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 | using System;using System.Diagnostics;namespace RunProcess{ internal class Program { private static void Main(string[] args) { try { var process = new Process { StartInfo = new ProcessStartInfo { FileName = "C:\\Windows\\System32\\fsutil.exe", Arguments = "behavior query SymlinkEvaluation", UseShellExecute = false, RedirectStandardOutput = true, CreateNoWindow = true } }; process.Start(); while (!process.StandardOutput.EndOfStream) { var line = process.StandardOutput.ReadLine(); Console.WriteLine(line); } process.WaitForExit(); } catch (Exception e) { Console.WriteLine(e.Message); } } }} |
For our example I wanted to see what the SymbolicLinkStatus was for remote -> local etc:
Console output as follows:
