I have this code that runs a csv import via the command line for windows and linux:
var isLinux = RuntimeInformation.IsOSPlatform(OSPlatform.Linux);
ProcessStartInfo startInfo = null;
if (isLinux)
{
startInfo = new ProcessStartInfo
{
FileName = @"/bin/bash",
Arguments = $"-c 'cat \"{filePath}\" | psql -h 127.0.0.1 -U {user} -d {dbname} -w -c \"copy data_temp from stdin csv header\"' ",
RedirectStandardOutput = true,
UseShellExecute = false,
CreateNoWindow = true,
};
}
else
{
startInfo = new ProcessStartInfo
{
FileName = @"cmd.exe",
Arguments = $"/c cat \"{filePath}\" | psql -h 127.0.0.1 -U {user} -d {dbname} -w -c \"copy data_temp from stdin csv header\" ",
RedirectStandardOutput = true,
UseShellExecute = false,
CreateNoWindow = true,
};
}
using (var process = new Process { StartInfo = startInfo})
{
process.Start();
string result = process.StandardOutput.ReadToEnd();
process.WaitForExit();
}
It works fine on Windows but on Linux (Ubuntu 18.04) the result is always blank and the import doesn't work.
I have tried writing query myself in terminal:
/bin/bash -c 'cat "/path/file.csv" | psql -h 127.0.0.1 -U user -d user -w -c "copy data_temp from stdin csv header"'
And it works fine but when run from my code it just returns empty string and doesn't import.
What am I doing wrong here?
Edit: It occurs to me that it could be a permission issue. This code is inside my asp.net core web application so it will be run as user www-data I think. www-data is set to nologin so this might be causing issue. Not sure of solution