Re[3]: [PATCH] ext.c, regex_command ()

[Pavel Tsekov <ptsekov gmx net>]

Hello, Pavel!

Wednesday, August 21, 2002, 9:52:39 PM, you wrote:

>> PR> I don't think it should be redirected to stdout - it should be ignored of
>> PR> put to a separate file and then displayed.  ext.c is a single caller of 
>> PR> mc_doublepopen() now, so it should be easy.
>> 
>> Ok I chose the wrong redirection  :)  I was thinking /dev/null but I
>> dont know if all platforms have /dev/null.

PR> All platforms we support either have /dev/null or don't have
PR> mc_doublepopen().  The later is the Win32 native port, that never quite 
PR> worked since 4.5.18 or so.  I'm almost certain that I'll kill it earlier 
PR> or later - nobody really wants to fix it.

>> Well we better ignore it because this way we have to additional code to
>> check that file and parse the output - I think it is not worth. But it's
>> not good to have it in MC prompt.

PR> Of course it's not good.

What about changing employing the 'error pipe' facility ? Now as I
know it exists I think it might be a good idea to use it in this
situation.

Thanks! :)

Pavel Tsekov