On 10 Mar 2010 05:30:03 -0800, David Weintraub wrote: > > I know that when you run a hook, the STDOUT is not returned to the > user, and STDERR is only returned if that hook returns a non-zero exit > code. > > However, I'm writing a post-commit hook, and I'd like to know if it is > possible to pipe STDOUT to another process as part of the hook script. > For example, in a post-commit hook, I have a Perl script that collects > watch information, and I'd like to pipe the output of that script to > another script that will do the actual notification. Can I do the > following in my post-commit script: > > watch-file.pl | notify.pl > > Is that possible?
What about this basic shell manipulation? #!/bin/sh exec 1>&2 # combine stdout with stderr # do stuff that generates stdout if [ <condition> ] ; then exit 1 # return non-zero exit every time there's stdout fi Ted -- Frango ut patefaciam -- I break so that I may reveal
