How to programmatically compile a c code from a c# code using mingw32-gcc compiler

Question

I want to compile a C code from c# programmatically. I am trying but i have not found any solution yet. Here is my code.

try {
    var info = new ProcessStartInfo {
        FileName = "cmd.exe",
        Arguments = "mingw32-gcc -o a Test.c"
    };
    var process = new Process { StartInfo = info };
    bool start = process.Start();

    process.WaitForExit();
    if (start) {
        Console.WriteLine("done");
    }
} catch (Exception) {
    Console.WriteLine("Not done");
}

I am using VS2010 in windows 7 and I have installed mingw32-gcc and my environment variable for mingw32-gcc is C:\\Program Files\\CodeBlocks\\MinGW\\bin Any Help will be appreciated. Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

Try

Process process = Process.Start(
         @"C:\Program Files\CodeBlocks\MinGW\bin\mingw32-gcc.exe", "-o a Test.c");

Answer 2

Calling the cmd.exe program is not necessary. You can directly call the mingw32-gcc.exe program with arguments.

Edit:

string szMgwGCCPath = "C:\\mingw32\\bin\\mingw32-gcc.exe"; // Example of location
string szArguments = " -c main.c -o main.exe"; // Example of arguments
ProcessStartInfo gccStartInfo = new ProcessStartInfo(szMgwGCCPath , szArguments );
gccStartInfo.WindowStyle = ProcessWindowStyle.Hidden;
Process.Start(gccStartInfo );

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