Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2020 14:56:33 -0700 From: David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Error message output Message-ID: <78cc24ef-5e49-3cef-86b0-0c4fe7f468f4@holgerdanske.com> In-Reply-To: <20200921090937.fc1fbed5bdcd9615d77ea8f4@sohara.org> References: <20200920191108.22864e5c.freebsd@edvax.de> <528b2c90-18c4-9e95-a150-67344154c66c@holgerdanske.com> <20200921090937.fc1fbed5bdcd9615d77ea8f4@sohara.org>
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On 2020-09-21 01:09, Steve O'Hara-Smith wrote: > I have > long thought that there should be a stdctl then stdin/stdout are data flow > and stdtctl/stderr are control flow. > >> * Use stderr, log files, and the exit value for out-of-band/ non-data >> output. Similar thoughts here. The three standard handles seem cover the basics of interactive and batch usage. Beyond that, the programmer is free to keep it simple or make it more complex. David
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