private static void RunTerminal()
{
if (!CreatePipe(out SafeFileHandle inputReadSide, out SafeFileHandle inputWriteSide, IntPtr.Zero, 0))
{
throw new InvalidOperationException("failed to create input pipe");
}
if (!CreatePipe(out SafeFileHandle outputReadSide, out SafeFileHandle outputWriteSide, IntPtr.Zero, 0))
{
throw new InvalidOperationException("failed to create output pipe");
}
// set up a background task to copy all pseudo console output to stdout
Task.Run(() => Terminal.CopyPipeToOutput(outputReadSide));
IntPtr hPC = PseudoConsole.CreatePseudoConsole(inputReadSide, outputWriteSide);
var process = Process.Start(hPC, "cmd.exe", (IntPtr)PROC_THREAD_ATTRIBUTE_PSEUDOCONSOLE);
// prompt for stdin input and send the result to the pipe.
// blocks until the user types "exit"
Terminal.CopyInputToPipe(inputWriteSide);
Process.CleanUp(process);
ClosePseudoConsole(hPC);
inputReadSide.Dispose();
inputWriteSide.Dispose();
outputReadSide.Dispose();
outputWriteSide.Dispose();
}
public Terminal(string command, int windowWidth, int windowHeight)
{
inputPipe = new PseudoConsolePipe();
outputPipe = new PseudoConsolePipe();
pseudoConsole = PseudoConsole.Create(inputPipe.ReadSide, outputPipe.WriteSide, windowWidth, windowHeight);
process = ProcessFactory.Start(command, PseudoConsole.PseudoConsoleThreadAttribute, pseudoConsole.Handle);
writer = new FileStream(inputPipe.WriteSide, FileAccess.Write);
reader = new FileStream(outputPipe.ReadSide, FileAccess.Read);
}
/// <summary>
/// Start the pseudoconsole and run the process as shown in
/// https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/console/creating-a-pseudoconsole-session#creating-the-pseudoconsole
/// </summary>
/// <param name="command">the command to run, e.g. cmd.exe</param>
public void Run(string command)
{
using (var inputPipe = new PseudoConsolePipe())
using (var outputPipe = new PseudoConsolePipe())
using (var pseudoConsole = PseudoConsole.Create(inputPipe.ReadSide, outputPipe.WriteSide, (short)Console.WindowWidth, (short)Console.WindowHeight))
using (var process = ProcessFactory.Start(command, PseudoConsole.PseudoConsoleThreadAttribute, pseudoConsole.Handle))
{
// copy all pseudoconsole output to stdout
Task.Run(() => CopyPipeToOutput(outputPipe.ReadSide));
// prompt for stdin input and send the result to the pseudoconsole
Task.Run(() => CopyInputToPipe(inputPipe.WriteSide));
// free resources in case the console is ungracefully closed (e.g. by the 'x' in the window titlebar)
OnClose(() => DisposeResources(process, pseudoConsole, outputPipe, inputPipe));
WaitForExit(process).WaitOne(Timeout.Infinite);
}
}
