Running shell commands in ASP.NET

Question

How do i run a shell command in asp.net ?

I basically want something like system("netstat -an");

I don't want the output to be displayed to the user. Just want to run some maintainence commands ...

Answer 1

Use Process.Start:

Process.Start("netstat", "-an");

Answer 2

call System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("netstat", "-an"); as usually