| Ticket UUID: | 1476191 | ||
| Title: | exec function ignores stderr | ||
| Type: | RFE | Created on: | 2006-04-25 15:24:42 |
| Submitter: | fishybell | Assigned to: | andreas_kupries |
| Subsystem: | 24. Channel Commands | Severity: | |
| Priority: | 5 Medium | Last modified: | 2006-08-31 06:04:49 |
| Status: | Open | Closed by: | |
| Resolution: | None | Closed on: | |
| Version: | None | ||
| Description: | ||||
Currently the exec function will always fail if the process writes to standard error. Since various applications use stderr for debug output it would be useful to retain this output without having to resort to redirecting stderr to stdout. I've included a patch that adds the "-ignorestderr" option to exec to accomplish just this. Without the switch, exec runs as normal, with the switch stderr will continue to be written without stopping the command. The drawback to this is that if "-ignorestderr" is used, and the program fails, stderr is not appended to the result. It is useful in some situations, but not others. I've tested the patch only on linux. It should function properly on windows, but will need testing. The patch is against the most recent cvs checkout from sourceforge. | ||||
| User Comments: | ||||
fishybell added on 2006-04-25 22:24:45:
File Added - 175739: exec.diff arunbp added on 2006-08-31 06:04:49:
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