On Fri, Jun 21, 2002 at 11:20:56AM +0000, Mikhael Goikhman wrote:
>
> I am not sure. PipeRead already does exactly this and even more.
> "ExecWait something" is equivalant to "PipeRead `something >/dev/null'"
Funky. How about this as an alternative then?
--- ChangeLog 2002/06/21 05:35:43 1.1847
+++ ChangeLog 2002/06/21 13:48:24
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2002-06-21 Tony Finch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
+
+ * fvwm/fvwm.1:
+ Note that PipeRead can be used as a blocking Exec.
+
2002-06-21 olicha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
* fvwm/fvwm.1:
--- fvwm.1 2002/06/21 05:35:44 1.21
+++ fvwm.1 2002/06/21 13:46:01
@@ -8145,6 +8145,13 @@
Read /tmp/file
.EE
do not work reliably.
+Instead, you can use a command like
+.EX
+PipeRead "program args 1>&2"
+.EE
+to run a program and wait for it to finish.
+The redirection causes any output from the program to go to stderr
+instead of being read as a sequence of commands by fvwm.
.TP
.BI "ExecUseShell [" shell "]"
If you do decide to incorporate ExecWait I don't mind what name you give it.
Tony.
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