Writing powershell commands directly in C# code

Question

I have the following code:

        PowerShell ps = PowerShell.Create();

        // Call the PowerShell.AddCommand(string) method, add 
        // the Get-Process cmdlet to the pipeline. Do 
        // not include spaces before or after the cmdlet name 
        // because that will cause the command to fail.
        ps.AddCommand("mkdir");
        ps.AddArgument("C:\\Users\\me\\Desktop\\test");

Unfortunately, when I run this piece of code, no directories are created. I guess I am misunderstanding how this works, but ideally, I want my final application to be able to run powershell commands and then grab the output directly within my application.

What am I doing wrong to execute a simple powershell command from my code?

Answer 1

You are missing ps.Invoke() command for your powershell command. Just add it after command is build. Here is MSDN article about how to execute powershell commands.