Hmmm... no "--help" seems to be documented option... Then I don't understand why it's output goes to standard error. But it does anyway.
Jussi On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 1:29 AM, Jussi Lahtinen <jussi.lahti...@gmail.com>wrote: > It's because ifconfig is bit weird... there is no --help option and so > output is directed to standard error output (invalid option). > > This creates empty file: > $ ( ifconfig --help ) 1> test.txt > > This creates file with the actual content: > $ ( ifconfig --help ) 2> test.txt > > > So, to use it with gambas do this: > Shell "ifconfig" To somevar > > > Jussi > > > > > On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 12:50 AM, Jesus <ea7...@ea7dfh.com> wrote: > >> El 30/05/13 21:35, Kende Krisztián escribió: >> > An interesting example, why do not you use native methods? >> > >> > Dim item As String >> > >> > For Each item In Dir(User.Home).Sort() >> > >> > With Stat(User.Home & "/" & item) >> > >> > Print .Auth & " " & .User & " " & .Group & " " & .Size & " " & >> .LastModified & " " & item >> > >> > End With >> > >> > Next >> > >> > >> >> Hi all >> >> >> >> AFAIR this used to work until now: >> >> >> >> Shell "ls -la" To variable >> >> Exec ["ls", "-la"] To anothervariable >> >> >> >> But now, whatever command I use, if it has one or more arguments >> >> beginning with a dash or double dash, I don't get any output. >> >> >> >> Quoting it with Shell$() function does not help. Also, I've tried >> >> using process reading, to no avail. >> >> >> >> If you would issue the command without arguments, it then works fine. >> >> >> >> Is this a bug, or am I doing something wrong? >> >> >> >> Regards >> >> >> >> Gambas 3.4.90 r5682 >> >> >> >> That's not the case. What I wanted to point out is why some commands >> does not work when some arguments are given. Obviously, my first example >> is pointless. >> >> Have you tested the following? >> >> Shell "ifconfig --help" To somevar >> >> Why this does not return anything? >> >> Regards >> -- >> Jesus Guardon >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Introducing AppDynamics Lite, a free troubleshooting tool for Java/.NET >> Get 100% visibility into your production application - at no cost. >> Code-level diagnostics for performance bottlenecks with <2% overhead >> Download for free and get started troubleshooting in minutes. >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_d2d_ap1 >> _______________________________________________ >> Gambas-user mailing list >> Gambas-user@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gambas-user >> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Introducing AppDynamics Lite, a free troubleshooting tool for Java/.NET Get 100% visibility into your production application - at no cost. Code-level diagnostics for performance bottlenecks with <2% overhead Download for free and get started troubleshooting in minutes. http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_d2d_ap1 _______________________________________________ Gambas-user mailing list Gambas-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gambas-user
