Describe "Start-Process" -Tags @("CI","SLOW") { BeforeAll { $isNanoServer = [System.Management.Automation.Platform]::IsNanoServer $isIot = [System.Management.Automation.Platform]::IsIoT $isFullWin = $IsWindows -and !$isNanoServer -and !$isIot $pingCommand = (Get-Command -CommandType Application ping)[0].Definition $pingDirectory = Split-Path $pingCommand -Parent $tempFile = Join-Path -Path $TestDrive -ChildPath PSTest $assetsFile = Join-Path -Path (Join-Path -Path $PSScriptRoot -ChildPath assets) -ChildPath SortTest.txt if ($IsWindows) { $pingParam = "-n 2 localhost" } elseif ($IsLinux -Or $IsOSX) { $pingParam = "-c 2 localhost" } } # Note that ProcessName may still be `powershell` due to dotnet/corefx#5378 # This has been fixed on Linux, but not on OS X It "Should process arguments without error" { $process = Start-Process ping -ArgumentList $pingParam -PassThru -RedirectStandardOutput "$TESTDRIVE/output" $process.Length | Should Be 1 $process.Id | Should BeGreaterThan 1 # $process.ProcessName | Should Be "ping" } It "Should work correctly when used with full path name" { $process = Start-Process $pingCommand -ArgumentList $pingParam -PassThru -RedirectStandardOutput "$TESTDRIVE/output" $process.Length | Should Be 1 $process.Id | Should BeGreaterThan 1 # $process.ProcessName | Should Be "ping" } It "Should invoke correct path when used with FilePath argument" { $process = Start-Process -FilePath $pingCommand -ArgumentList $pingParam -PassThru -RedirectStandardOutput "$TESTDRIVE/output" $process.Length | Should Be 1 $process.Id | Should BeGreaterThan 1 # $process.ProcessName | Should Be "ping" } It "Should wait for command completion if used with Wait argument" { $process = Start-Process ping -ArgumentList $pingParam -Wait -PassThru -RedirectStandardOutput "$TESTDRIVE/output" } It "Should work correctly with WorkingDirectory argument" { $process = Start-Process ping -WorkingDirectory $pingDirectory -ArgumentList $pingParam -PassThru -RedirectStandardOutput "$TESTDRIVE/output" $process.Length | Should Be 1 $process.Id | Should BeGreaterThan 1 # $process.ProcessName | Should Be "ping" } It "Should handle stderr redirection without error" { $process = Start-Process ping -ArgumentList $pingParam -PassThru -RedirectStandardError $tempFile -RedirectStandardOutput "$TESTDRIVE/output" $process.Length | Should Be 1 $process.Id | Should BeGreaterThan 1 # $process.ProcessName | Should Be "ping" } It "Should handle stdout redirection without error" { $process = Start-Process ping -ArgumentList $pingParam -Wait -RedirectStandardOutput $tempFile $dirEntry = get-childitem $tempFile $dirEntry.Length | Should BeGreaterThan 0 } # Marking this test 'pending' to unblock daily builds. Filed issue : https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/issues/2396 It "Should handle stdin redirection without error" -Pending { $process = Start-Process sort -Wait -RedirectStandardOutput $tempFile -RedirectStandardInput $assetsFile $dirEntry = get-childitem $tempFile $dirEntry.Length | Should BeGreaterThan 0 } ## -Verb is supported in PowerShell core on Windows full desktop. It "Should give an error when -Verb parameter is used" -Skip:$isFullWin { { Start-Process -Verb runas -FilePath $pingCommand } | ShouldBeErrorId "NotSupportedException,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.StartProcessCommand" } ## -WindowStyle is supported in PowerShell core on Windows full desktop. It "Should give an error when -WindowStyle parameter is used" -Skip:$isFullWin { { Start-Process -FilePath $pingCommand -WindowStyle Normal } | ShouldBeErrorId "NotSupportedException,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.StartProcessCommand" } It "Should give an error when both -NoNewWindow and -WindowStyle are specified" -Skip:(!$isFullWin) { { Start-Process -FilePath $pingCommand -NoNewWindow -WindowStyle Normal -ErrorAction Stop } | ShouldBeErrorId "InvalidOperationException,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.StartProcessCommand" } It "Should start cmd.exe with Verb 'open' and WindowStyle 'Minimized'" -Skip:(!$isFullWin) { $fileToWrite = Join-Path $TestDrive "VerbTest.txt" $process = Start-Process cmd.exe -ArgumentList "/c echo abc > $fileToWrite" -Verb open -WindowStyle Minimized -PassThru $process.Name | Should Be "cmd" $process.WaitForExit() Test-Path $fileToWrite | Should Be $true } It "Should start notepad.exe with ShellExecute" -Skip:(!$isFullWin) { $process = Start-Process notepad -PassThru -WindowStyle Normal $process.Name | Should Be "notepad" $process | Stop-Process } It "Should open the application that associates with extension '.txt'" -Skip:(!$isFullWin) { $txtFile = Join-Path $TestDrive "TxtTest.txt" New-Item $txtFile -ItemType File -Force $process = Start-Process $txtFile -PassThru -WindowStyle Normal $process.Name | Should Not BeNullOrEmpty $process.Id | Should BeGreaterThan 1 $process | Stop-Process } Remove-Item -Path $tempFile -Force }