Changeset 25811 in project

Timestamp:

01/14/12 20:58:41 (9 years ago)

Author:

felix winkelmann

Message:

updated shell page

File:

• wiki/eggref/4/shell (modified) (2 diffs)

wiki/eggref/4/shell

@@ -29 +29 @@
 Similar to {{run}} but returns the return status of each command
 as multiple result values.
+
+=== capture
+
+<syntax>(capture COMMAND ...)</syntax>
+
+Similar to {{run}} but captures everything written by the subprocess
+to stdout and returns the output as a string. In case the command fails,
+an empty string is returned (there is currently no way to distinguish
+between a failed command and one that produces no output).
 
 === shell
@@ -69 +78 @@
 === Version History
 
+; 0.3 : added {capture}
 ; 0.1 : initial version