#89 Run external executables from the VS command line
The command Tools.Shell will run an external executable out of process from VS. To run, it is basically
Shell
But of course, we got optional arguments…
Shell [/commandwindow] [/dir:folder] [/outputwindow]
/commandwindow (or /c) – to display the executable’s output in the command window
/outputwindow (or /o) – to display the executable’s output in the output window
/dir:folder – specifics the working directory
For example,
Shell /o /c xcopy.exe c:\users\saraf\documents\cmdwinlog.txt c:\users\saraf\pictures
will display the xcopy output in the output window.
