suppress warning messages

h/w · 10-07-2003, 02:11 PM

from my previous post, on how to write the output of a command to a string; to extend it:

i'm now using system() to execute a command. it writes the output to the file i want, but also prints some messages and warnings to std out. is there a way i can suppress these messages which arent written to file?

thanks in advance (again).

markkam · 10-07-2003, 02:48 PM

Are you sure they aren't going to stderr?

If they are, and you are doing shell stuff (like maybe bash?) you can try adding ' 2>/dev/null' to the end of your command.

h/w · 10-07-2003, 02:56 PM

perfect - thank you very much.
cant really tell you how much help i got out here - ok, i think 4 times, but 4/4 is super.