Access system exec standard out before function returns

[FiberOptix]

Hello,

It would be enormously helpful to me if I were able to parse the output from the system exec vi before the invoked command fully returns. Is it possible to do this?

Thanks

[smercurio_fc]

Have you tried a search? This question has come up many times.

Possibilities:

• Redirect to file and just read the file
• Use Windows API
• Use a "pipe" library

[FiberOptix]

Actually I did, using the thread title above. I appreciate your helpful response, however terse.

[smercurio_fc]

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@FiberOptix wrote:

Actually I did, using the thread title above. I appreciate your helpful response, however terse.

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Why say something in 100 words when you can say it 10? While the response may be terse, the amount of time I spent in searching and finding appropriate threads wasn't. Please keep that in mind. Note that each of those bullets points to another thread which is a separate discussion...

[FiberOptix]

You mean, why say something in 8 words? More search terms could yield more search results, if it makes you feel better.I really don't know how to describe the problem any clearer.

I suspect you only knew about these because you've answered similar threads and hence knew what the solution would be... And checking the threads themselves, I see that I'm correct.

[RavensFan]

Just about any question you can think of has probably already been asked before.  So doing a search will get you the results without relying on someone repeating themselves 100 times.

Unfortunately, the search engine on the forums is not that great.  If you search for a pluralized word, the singular form of the word doesn't show up.  And of course there can be misspellings which can keep you from find useful information.

Also, if you used your exact title as your search phrase, then you probably used too many words.  Sometimes adding too much to the search restricts it to the point that you can't find anything.  So the best strategy is to start with just a couple, then if you find the search yields too many results, then narrowing that with another word or two based on some of the words you just saw in the results.

Also, sometimes it is better to go to Google and search for your subject.  The discussion forums are all indexed by Google, and it does a much better job catalogging the search terms then the forum's search engine does.

Please forgive us if we say "do a search!"  It just seems that so many times, people come on, ask a question where we know the answers exist and that if they just did a good search for 5-10 minutes they can find them, but a lot of people just go the lazy route, don't bother to search, and ask the question.