[DONE] ES error messages

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NotNull
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[DONE] ES error messages

Post by NotNull »

Just noticed that ES writes it's error message to console (or stdout?) instead of the stderr output stream ( link for more information)
Using this stdout and stdin makes it easier to redirect the output to a file / to 'void' (nul) / to a remote session or terminal.

Example: When Everything is not running:

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es.exe something 2>nul
Everything IPC window not found, IPC unavailable.
I expected this command to produce no output.
But not all console applications follow that ''rule'. Might even be by design.

Anyway, very low priority suggestion.
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void
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Re: ES error messages

Post by void »

ES 1.1.0.13:
  • Moved error output to stderr.
https://www.voidtools.com/ES-1.1.0.13.zip
NotNull
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Re: ES error messages

Post by NotNull »

:shock: That's fast!

By low priority I had something in mind between M&M’s Color Distribution Analysis and hiring someone to iron your shoelaces ....


Will test and report back ... with medium priority ;)
therube
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Re: ES error messages

Post by therube »

Would this have not accomplished it?

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es.exe  something  2>&1 >nul
Oh, that's going to send everything (Everything ;-)) to nul, & you just wanted stderr.
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Re: ES error messages

Post by NotNull »

Testing version 1.1.0.13 brought to light a couple of issues that were already (dormant) in older versions of ES (*):
  • options /? , -? , -h and -help generate errorcode 6: Unknown switch (but show the help text)
  • options /h and /help don't show any help at all.
But I'm happy with the new version :)


(*)Tested with 1.1.0.11. No errorcodes, but it sets %errorlevel% to 6.
void
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Re: ES error messages

Post by void »

Thanks for the issue report.

ES 1.1.0.14:
  • Updated help text thanks to NotNull.
  • Fixed error reported by -? -h -help.
  • -h -help now shows help.
https://www.voidtools.com/ES-1.1.0.14.zip
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