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Re: Setup patch: List command line options on stdout
On Wed, Nov 17, 2004 at 10:10:58AM +0100, Reini Urban wrote:
>Dave schrieb:
>>Here's a simple and useful patch for setup. Might reduce queries about
>>unattended installs, and save people having to resort to source.
>>
>>Patch is against CVS (as of yesterday).
>>Modify the leader text as you see fit :)
>>
>>------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>>--- main.cc~ 2004-10-25 19:34:32.000000000 +0100
>>+++ main.cc 2004-11-16 19:21:14.000000000 +0000
>>@@ -471,7 +471,11 @@
>>
>> if (HelpOption)
>> {
>>- GetOption::GetInstance().ParameterUsage(log(LOG_PLAIN)<<"\nCommand
>>Line Options:\n");
>>+ log(LOG_PLAIN)<<"\nOutput command line options\n";
>>+ std::cout << "setup [options]\n\n"
>>+ << "Cygwin setup installs and maintains cygwin packages\n\n"
>>+ << "Command Line options:\n";
>>+ GetOption::GetInstance().ParameterUsage(std::cout);
>> theLog->exit(0);
>> }
>
>you should really check if the parent isatty.
>nevertheless I consider this hack useful.
Actually, there was a thread about this on the cygwin list not too long ago.
Applications linked with -mwindows (i.e., GUI apps) can't print to
stdout. How does this actually work, in that case? Is this expecting
to display something on the console?
cgf