Re: [Vala] Execute external command

[Frederik <scumm_fredo gmx net>]

Jan Niklas Hasse wrote:
> On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 6:55 PM, Levi Bard
> <taktaktaktaktaktaktaktaktaktak gmail com> wrote:
> > One of GLib.Process.spawn*?
>
> Thanks, that's what I'm looking for. I tried:
>
> string output;
> Process.spawn_sync(null, {"ls", "/"}, null,
> GLib.SpawnFlags.STDERR_TO_DEV_NULL, null, output);
> stdout.printf("%s\n", output);
>
> but I'm getting:
>
> error: Argument 6: Cannot pass value to reference or output parameter
>
> How to fix this?

You must mark output parameters with "out":

Process.spawn_sync(/* ... */, out output);


Best Regards,

Frederik