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@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ '\" '\" Copyright (c) 1993 The Regents of the University of California. '\" Copyright (c) 1994-1996 Sun Microsystems, Inc. +'\" Copyright (c) 2006 Donal K. Fellows. '\" '\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution '\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES. '\" -'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: exec.n,v 1.14 2006/11/03 00:34:51 hobbs Exp $ +'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: exec.n,v 1.15 2006/12/04 23:13:20 dkf Exp $ '\" .so man.macros .TH exec n 8.5 Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands" @@ -30,6 +31,12 @@ they are treated as command-line switches and are not part of the pipeline specification. The following switches are currently supported: .TP 13 +\fB\-ignorestderr\fR +.VS 8.5 +Stops the \fBexec\fR command from treating the output of messages to the +pipeline's standard error channel as an error case. +.VE 8.5 +.TP 13 \fB\-keepnewline\fR Retains a trailing newline in the pipeline's output. Normally a trailing newline will be deleted. @@ -137,7 +144,10 @@ error messages describing the abnormal terminations; the \fB-errorcode\fR return option will contain additional information about the last abnormal termination encountered. If any of the commands writes to its standard error file and that -standard error isn't redirected, +standard error isn't redirected +.VS 8.5 +and \fB\-ignorestderr\fR is not specified, +.VE 8.5 then \fBexec\fR will return an error; the error message will include the pipeline's standard output, followed by messages about abnormal terminations (if any), followed by the standard error |