From: Robert Klemme <bob.news@...>
Date: 2003-09-19T01:14:45+09:00
Subject: Re: closing stderr


"Michael Garriss" <mgarriss@earthlink.net> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:3F69D414.70008@earthlink.net...
> I would like to prevent some output that is going to stderr during a
> call to a third party lib just during that call.  My first guess was:
>
> STDERR.close_write
> ThirdPartyLib::call_some_annoying_function
> STDERR.????
>
> I guess you can see my problem.  Can anyone give me a lead on this?
>
> TIA,
> Michael
>
>

require 'StringIO'

oldStdErr = $stderr
oldSTDERR = STDERR

$stderr = StringIO.new
STDERR = $stderr

begin
  # lib call
ensure
  $stderr = oldStdErr
  STDERR = oldSTDERR
end

    robert