Hi, You can always write STDERR and STDOUT to a temp file then read the contents of this file back in to your script.
eg system (some_command 1>.stdout 2>.stder); STDOUT is written to .stdout STDERR is written to .stderr Theres is probably a better way than this but I find this the easiest. Anyone else have any comments? regards Mark Kneen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Matthew Blacklow" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2001 12:44 AM Subject: Capturing STDOUT of system launched process > I am writing a script at the moment which among others things creates > another process using the system call. > What I need to do is capture the screen output of this process into a string > variable so that it can latter be manipulaterd. ie. capture the STDOUT. > > Any help, suggestions or sample code would be appreciated. > > Thanks, > Matthew > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
