From: James Harrison <oscartheduck@...>
Date: 2010-07-09T04:33:24+09:00
Subject: Re: Silencing Standard Error

Have you tried just simply stderr? You could either run the script and have 2>/dev/null be the redirect, or inside the backticks I think you can safely use the same redirect.

You can do it more ruby specific by redefining $STDERR, but that's probably overkill if it's a simple script.


James


On Jul 8, 2010, at 10:45 AM 7/8/10, David Calvin wrote:

> 
> Hello,
> 
> I am new here, so I apologize if this is a lame question. I have googled
> for quite awhile trying to find out the answer to my question to no
> avail.
> 
> In a script, I am issuing this line:
> 
> 
>    returnAddress = `defaults read
> /path/to/conappsqa.bundle/serverconfig serverAddress`
> 
> Which reads a plist entry on my computer. If the plist entry is not
> present then I get the following spew on the command line when I run the
> script:
> 
> 
> 2010-07-08 09:32:37.273 defaults[29326:40b]
> The domain/default pair of (/path/to/conappsqa.bundle/serverconfig,
> serverAddress) does not exist
> 
> Is there a way I can eliminate this kind of spew? I just want to execute
> the code and handle the error. I don't want all the mess.
> 
> Any  tips?
> 
> Thanks.
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