C# double quote argument

Question

In the app.config file, I have:

add key="DataFileLocation" value="E:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL12.MSSQLSERVER\MSSQL\DATA\"/>

In the code I have:

Process P2 = new Process();
P2.StartInfo.FileName = "restore.bat";
P2.StartInfo.Arguments = + "\"" + DataFileLocation.ToString() + "\"";
P2.StartInfo.UseShellExecute = false;
P2.StartInfo.RedirectStandardOutput = true;
P2.StartInfo.CreateNoWindow = true;
P2.Start();

The output to 'restore.bat' is:

-v dataloc=\"E:\\Program Files\\Microsoft SQL Server\\MSSQL12.MSSQLSERVER\\MSSQL\\DATA\\\"

As you can see, there's an extra "\\" at the beginning which is breaking the bat/sql statement...

Andrew

Answer 1

In your case it seems like you are already adding a extra \\ , so is the output according to your logic.

The best way to combine path is that you should use the Path.Combine method provided by static Path class, it takes care of all the extra \\

Try this

var finalPath = Path.Combine(DataFileLocation.ToString(), "what_ever_path_you_want_to_combine");