Changeset 17757 for gsdl/trunk/common-src

Timestamp:

2008-11-06T15:51:46+13:00 (15 years ago)

Author:

ak19

Message:

The output for testing for perl on Linux/Mac (prior to converting txtgz to the database file) goes to stdout and ruins the page generated by the browser. Now using redirection of STDOUT to STDIN, it works on Linux. Need to test on Windows (and Mac?).

File:

• gsdl/trunk/common-src/src/lib/gdbmclass.cpp (modified) (1 diff)

gsdl/trunk/common-src/src/lib/gdbmclass.cpp

@@ -109 +109 @@
 
     // Test to make sure Perl is on the path
-    text_t cmd_test = "perl -v";
+    // On Linux, the output of the test goes to STDOUT so redirect it to STDERR
+    text_t cmd_test = "perl -v 1>&2";
     int rv_test = gsdl_system(cmd_test, true, cerr);
     if (rv_test != 0) {