Re: [jamboost] Re: First cut at a SHELL command for bjam

From: Vladimir Prus (ghost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-07-15 00:44:48

On Friday 15 July 2005 04:39, Craig Rodrigues wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 14, 2005 at 01:01:31PM +0400, Vladimir Prus wrote:
> > One question though -- is it right that we only get standard output of
> > the command, but not standard error?
>
> No, that is not right.

Hmm... my reading of 'man:popen' suggests otherwise. I'll do some tests to 
verify.

>
> > If so, I'll adjust the docs.
>
> Why? I never mentioned "standard output" nor "standard error"
> in my documentation patch, so I don't know where you are coming up with
> this.

Well, we both know that all programs have both standard output and standard 
error. The current documentation does not make it clear if result of 'SHELL' 
includes both, or not.

- Volodya

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