Running DOS shell commands from Unity.

Questions & Answers
1

Hey, folks!

So, I’m attempting to do something simple – make a directory in my F:\ drive. But when I run the scene, it merely opens a DOS window – it doesn’t actually create the directory. The reason I’m confused is because if I open the cmd window myself, and type the same thing, then it does create the folder – but it won’t work from within unity. Am I doing something wrong? Here’s my script:

using UnityEngine;
using System.Collections;

public class CommandLineTest : MonoBehaviour {

	// Use this for initialization
	void Start () {
		string strCmdText;
		strCmdText= @"c/ mkdir \kittens";
		System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("CMD.exe",strCmdText);
	}
	
}
2

Try to use System.IO instead of a shell command if you just need to create a directory.

3

Ah, my mistake. Should have used /c, not c/. What a jerk I am.