source: Common/ProcessExecutor.cs

using System;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading;
using System.Diagnostics;
using System.IO;
using Microsoft.Win32.SafeHandles;

namespace Common
{
    public enum ProcessExecutorResult
    {
        None,
        Finished,
        Killed,
        OutputOverflow,
        TimedOut,
        Unexpected
    }

    public class ProcessExecutor : IDisposable
    {
        private readonly StringBuilder error;
        private readonly StringBuilder output;
        private bool disposedValue;
        private AutoResetEvent outputOverflowWaitHandle;
        private readonly object internalLock;
        private AsyncStreamReaderFast asyncStreamReaderOutput;
        private AsyncStreamReaderFast asyncStreamReaderError;
        public ManualResetEvent KillerWaitHandle;
        public ProcessStartInfo StartInfo { get; }
        public Process Process { get; private set; }
        public int TimeOut { get; set; }
        public int MaxOutputCount { get; set; }
        public delegate void OutputChangedHandler(ProcessExecutor processExecutor);
        public event OutputChangedHandler OutputChanged;
        public event OutputChangedHandler ErrorChanged;
        public bool UseAsyncStreamReaderFast;
        public ProcessExecutorResult Result;

        public string Error
        {
            get
            {
                lock (internalLock)
                {
                    return error.ToString();
                }
            }
            set
            {
                lock (internalLock)
                {
                    error.Length = 0;
                    error.Append(value);
                }
            }
        }

        public string Output
        {
            get
            {
                lock (internalLock)
                {
                    return output.ToString();
                }
            }
            set
            {
                lock (internalLock)
                {
                    output.Length = 0;
                    output.Append(value);
                }
            }
        }

        public ProcessExecutor()
        {
            UseAsyncStreamReaderFast = true;
            internalLock = new object();
            Process = new Process();
            StartInfo = new ProcessStartInfo
            {
                CreateNoWindow = true,
                RedirectStandardOutput = true,
                RedirectStandardError = true,
                UseShellExecute = false,
            };
            Process.StartInfo = StartInfo;

            output = new StringBuilder();
            error = new StringBuilder();
            TimeOut = -1;
            MaxOutputCount = -1;
            KillerWaitHandle = null;
            outputOverflowWaitHandle = new AutoResetEvent(false);
        }

        public void Execute()
        {
            Result = ProcessExecutorResult.None;

            if (!File.Exists(Process.StartInfo.FileName))
            {
                throw new Exception("Executable file " + Process.StartInfo.FileName + " not found.");
            }

            if (!UseAsyncStreamReaderFast)
            {
                Process.OutputDataReceived += OutputDataReceived;
                Process.ErrorDataReceived += ErrorDataReceived;
            }

            Process.Start();

            if (UseAsyncStreamReaderFast)
            {
                asyncStreamReaderOutput = new AsyncStreamReaderFast(Process, Process.StandardOutput.BaseStream,
                    OutputDataReceived, Process.StandardOutput.CurrentEncoding);
                asyncStreamReaderOutput.BeginRead();
                asyncStreamReaderError = new AsyncStreamReaderFast(Process, Process.StandardError.BaseStream,
                    ErrorDataReceived, Process.StandardOutput.CurrentEncoding);
                asyncStreamReaderError.BeginRead();
            }
            else
            {
                Process.BeginOutputReadLine();
                Process.BeginErrorReadLine();
            }

            // From the Process.WaitForExit(int) documentation on the MSDN:
            // "When standard output has been redirected to asynchronous event handlers, 
            // it is possible that output processing will not have completed when this method returns. 
            // To ensure that asynchronous event handling has been completed, call the WaitForExit() 
            // overload that takes no parameter after receiving a true from this overload."
            const int waitFinished = 0;
            const int waitKilled = 1;
            const int waitOutputOverflow = 2;
            int wait;
            using (SafeWaitHandle processHandle = new SafeWaitHandle(Process.Handle, false))
            using (ManualResetEvent processFinishedEvent = new ManualResetEvent(false))
            {
                processFinishedEvent.SafeWaitHandle = processHandle;
                WaitHandle[] waitHandles = { processFinishedEvent, KillerWaitHandle, outputOverflowWaitHandle };
                if (TimeOut == -1)
                {
                    wait = WaitHandle.WaitAny(waitHandles);
                }
                else
                {
                    wait = WaitHandle.WaitAny(waitHandles, TimeOut * 1000);
                }
            }

            if (wait == waitFinished)
            {
                // see above
                if (UseAsyncStreamReaderFast)
                {
                    asyncStreamReaderOutput.WaitUtilEOF();
                    asyncStreamReaderError.WaitUtilEOF();
                }
                else
                {
                    Process.WaitForExit();
                }
            }
            else // Timed out or scheduled for execution.
            {
                try
                {
                    Process.Kill();
                }
                catch (System.ComponentModel.Win32Exception ex)
                {
                    const int errorAccessDenied = 5;
                    if (ex.NativeErrorCode != errorAccessDenied)
                        throw;
                }
                catch (InvalidOperationException)
                {
                    // Process has already exited.
                }
            }

            switch (wait)
            {
                case WaitHandle.WaitTimeout: 
                    Result = ProcessExecutorResult.TimedOut;
                    break;
                case waitKilled:
                    Result = ProcessExecutorResult.Killed;
                    break;
                case waitOutputOverflow:
                    Result = ProcessExecutorResult.OutputOverflow;
                    break;
                case waitFinished:
                    Result = ProcessExecutorResult.Finished;
                    break;
                default:
                    Result = ProcessExecutorResult.Unexpected;
                    break;
            }
        }

        private void OutputDataReceived(string data)
        {
            if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(data)) return;
            lock (internalLock)
            {
                if (MaxOutputCount != -1)
                {
                    if (output.Length + data.Length <= MaxOutputCount)
                    {
                        output.Append(data);
                    }
                    else
                    {
                        if (output.Length <= MaxOutputCount)
                        {
                            output.Append(data.Substring(0, MaxOutputCount - output.Length));
                        }
                        else
                        {
                            outputOverflowWaitHandle.Set();
                        }
                    }
                }
                else
                {
                    output.Append(data);
                }
            }

            OutputChanged?.Invoke(this);
        }

        private void ErrorDataReceived(string data)
        {
            if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(data)) return;
            lock (internalLock)
            {
                if (MaxOutputCount != -1)
                {
                    if (error.Length + data.Length <= MaxOutputCount)
                    {
                        error.Append(data);
                    }
                    else
                    {
                        if (error.Length <= MaxOutputCount)
                        {
                            error.Append(data.Substring(0, MaxOutputCount - error.Length));
                        }
                        else
                        {
                            outputOverflowWaitHandle.Set();
                        }
                    }
                }
                else
                {
                    error.Append(data);
                }
            }

            ErrorChanged?.Invoke(this);
        }

        private void OutputDataReceived(object sender, DataReceivedEventArgs e)
        {
            OutputDataReceived(e.Data + "\n");
        }

        private void ErrorDataReceived(object sender, DataReceivedEventArgs e)
        {
            ErrorDataReceived(e.Data + "\n");
        }

        protected virtual void Dispose(bool disposing)
        {
            if (!disposedValue)
            {
                if (disposing)
                {
                    lock (internalLock)
                    {
                        // Explicitly clear StringBuilder instances to avoid Out of memory exception
                        output.Clear();
                        output.Capacity = 0;
                        error.Clear();
                        error.Capacity = 0;
                    }

                    if (Process != null)
                    {
                        Process.Dispose();
                        Process = null;
                    }

                    if (outputOverflowWaitHandle != null)
                    {
                        outputOverflowWaitHandle.Close();
                        outputOverflowWaitHandle = null;
                    }
                }

                disposedValue = true;
            }
        }

        public void Dispose()
        {
            Dispose(true);
            GC.SuppressFinalize(this);
        }

        ~ProcessExecutor() => Dispose(false);
    }
}