exec without opening cmd

Asked Mar 14 '19 at 12:27

Active Mar 15 '19 at 07:37

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On windows, how I can execute a command from Go's exec without opening a terminal window?

eg:

cmd := exec.Command("ping", "www.google.com")
if err := cmd.Run(); err != nil {
  return err
}

This opens a cmd window when running the command.

I compile it with go build -ldflags="-H windowsgui", the app then doesn't open a cmd window, but when it gets to cmd.Run() it opens one.

edited Mar 15 '19 at 07:37

big pigeon

asked Mar 14 '19 at 12:27

microo8

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Are you using Windows? – icza Mar 14 '19 at 12:43
Sorry I forgot about that. Yes it is on windows. – microo8 Mar 14 '19 at 12:44
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@icza, this is not the correct duplicate. The question you found is about making the Go program itself not open a terminal, not a program that is executed with exec.Command. – Peter Mar 14 '19 at 12:45
@Peter Yes, realized after I marked it. – icza Mar 14 '19 at 12:47
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`cmd.SysProcAttr = &syscall.SysProcAttr{HideWindow: true}` worked for me. – microo8 Mar 15 '19 at 08:09

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