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As I always do, I did a research on the topic for a couple of hours and it seems that the problem I'm facing is a bit specific (probably that's why I couldn't find a solution and am asking this question now). Here and here I found solutions, which are the closest and mostly related to my problem, but not enough. What I need to do is start a console app (.exe written in C). It is expecting any given arguments to arrive in here: int main(int argc, char** argv) -> in argv as usual. One of those args includes spaces. I tested and found out, that wrapping the string in this arg with double-quotes solves the issue with spaces. When debugging in VS2010, I set Command Arguments to: first second "third fourth" and I get three arguments as I should: argv[0] = first, argv1 = second, argv2 = third fourth (w\o the quotes) and that is exactly what I need. However, when I try to do something like this:
procInfo = new System.Diagnostics.ProcessStartInfo();
procInfo.FileName = "myProg.exe";
procInfo.Arguments = "first second \"third fourth\"";
and when debugging, I see, that procInfo.Arguments = first second \"third fourth\", while I need it to be first second "third fourth". The bad thing about all this is that this is the way those args arrive at myProg.exe: first second \"third fourth\". When debugging myProg in Visual Studio and setting Command Arguments to first second \"third fourth\", then
argv[0] = first,
argv1 = second,
argv2 = "third (yes, with that double-quote at the beginning) I need argv2 = third fourth, not "third
and argv[3] is (null) as it should be.
The problem is that procInfo.Arguments = "first second \"third fourth\"", while I need it to be procInfo.Arguments = "first second "third fourth""; In JavaScript I can write such strings as 'first second "third fourth"'. I wish in C# there was a similar thing (or maybe there is, I don't know). In the code, I tried procInfo.Arguments = @"first second ""third fourth""", but this gets converted to this: first second \"third fourth\" (I don't think this is the way it should work, but you could tell me am I right ro not).
myProc.Arguments = $"first second ..."; is giving me: "Unexpected character '$'"
Once again, when debugging, when I set Command Arguments to first second "third fourth" I get them as first; second; third fourth; without any quotes and this way myProg is working like a charm. So this is the way I want the args to look like.
Thank you in advance for your help!
EDIT: I even tried:
procInfo.Arguments = "first second ";
procInfo.Arguments += '"';
procInfo.Arguments += "third fourth";
procInfo.Arguments += '"';
but I'm getting the same result.
EDIT2: When writing in code:
procInfo.Arguments = "first second \'third fourth\' fifth";
when debugging (hovering over procInfo.Arguments) I get it as "first second 'third fourth' fifth", while with double quotes, I get it as "first second \"third fourth\" fifth", while I expect it to show as "first second "third fourth" fifth" like with the single-quotes. I know, that the outer quotes are just from the debugger and are not sent to myProg.exe. The problem is, that single-quotes don't do the trick, which is as expected.
EDIT3: I just tried: procInfo.Arguments = "first second \x22third fourth\x22" and procInfo.Arguments = "first second \u0022third fourth\u0022", but the result is once again "first second \"third fourth\""
