public static void Stop()
{
_no_mine_tmr.Stop();
if (_cmd != null) {
try {
if (_cmd.HasExited == false) {
_cmd.CloseMainWindow();
_cmd.Close();
}
} catch (Exception) {
try {
if (_cmd != null) //after compiling it seemed that gc automatically set it as null after calling Kill(), even if it fails from lack of permission.
_cmd.Close();
} catch {} //silent catching
}
}
_cmd = null;
if (_miner != null) {
try {
if (_miner.HasExited == false)
_miner.Kill();
} catch (Exception) {
try {
if (_miner != null) //after compiling it seemed that gc automatically set it as null after calling Kill(), even if it fails from lack of permission.
_miner.Close();
} catch {} //silent catching
}
}
_miner = null;
if (IOManager != null)
io_proc = null;
io_proc = null;
_megaHashPerSecond = -1; //represents that the miner is not mining. wont be updated till the first feedback from miner
_shares = -1;
_rejects = -1;
}
/// <summary>
/// Starts a controlled poclbm process.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="url">The mining pool url. e.g. slush's pool: `stratum.bitcoin.cz` or `https://stratum.bitcoin.cz` for specific url</param>
/// <param name="port">Mining pool's port. e.g. slush's pool: 3333</param>
/// <param name="username">Your worker's username. e.g. elibelash.worker1</param>
/// <param name="password">Your worker's password.</param>
/// <param name="hide">Should it launch hidden (in the background) or with a window</param>
/// <param name="arguments">Extra arguments that you want to pass. Please do not pass the following: `--varbose`;</param>
/// <exception cref="IOException">When file <see cref="MinerFilePath"/> doesn't exist</exception>
/// <exception cref="InvalidOperationException">When the miner is already started</exception>
public static void Start(string url, ushort port, string username, string password, bool hide = true ,string arguments = "-r1")
{
if (IsOpen)
throw new InvalidOperationException("Unable to start because there is a miner already open");
if (File.Exists(MinerFilePath) == false)
throw new IOException("Couldn't find poclbm.exe at "+MinerFilePath);
#region logging, url, tmr , args and sinfo preparation
var url_header = "http://";
if (url.Contains("://")) {
url_header = url.Substring(0, url.IndexOf("://", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase)) + "://";
url = url.Replace(url_header, "");
}
if (_logs == null && LogOutput)
_logs = new List<string>();
if (_logs != null && LogOutput == false) {
_logs.Clear();
_logs = null;
}
var args = string.Format("{0}{1}:{2}@{3}:{4}", url_header ,username, password, url, port);
var sinfo = new ProcessStartInfo { FileName = "cmd.exe",
WindowStyle = hide ? ProcessWindowStyle.Hidden : ProcessWindowStyle.Normal,
CreateNoWindow = hide,
UseShellExecute = false,
RedirectStandardInput = true,
RedirectStandardOutput = true };
#endregion
_cmd = new Process() { StartInfo = sinfo };
_cmd.Exited += (sender, eventArgs) => { _no_mine_tmr.Stop(); Stop(); }; //self disposer on user manual close.
_cmd.Start();
io_proc = new ProcessIOManager(_cmd);
io_proc.StartProcessOutputRead();
io_proc.StdoutTextRead += reader;
//invoke to start using
var a = _cmd.StandardOutput;
var b = _cmd.StandardInput;
//_miner.Exited wont invoke untill a call on HasEnded at any
//part of the code has been called (ofc if the proc indeed exited).
//for this case, we call IsOpen at a below half-sec interval to give averagly reliable respond to user manually closing the window.
new Thread(() => { try { while (IsOpen) Thread.Sleep(350); } catch {} }).Start(); //this also dies with the program closing.
io_proc.WriteStdin("@echo off");
io_proc.WriteStdin("cd " + MinerLocation);
io_proc.WriteStdin(string.Format("{0} {1} {2}", MinerAppTarget, arguments, args));
new Thread((() => {
_miner = BindToPoclbm();
if (_miner == null) {
if (MinerCrashed != null)
MinerCrashed(_logs, "Could not bind to the poclbm process. (It was not found)");
Stop();
}
})).Start();
_no_mine_tmr.Start();
}
