[slime-devel] Where does run-program output go?

[Jeffrey Cunningham]

Helmut,

with-output-to-string (s) works perfectly. 
Thanks!

-Jeff


On Mon May 02, 2005 at 06:50:42PM +0200, Helmut Eller wrote:
> Jeffrey Cunningham <jeffrey at cunningham.net> writes:
> 
> > On the other hand, if I run CMUCL outside of SLIME, it works as
> > advertised. So, where is the output going? 
> 
> The output is probably in the *inferior-lisp* buffer.  SLIME only
> redirects output to the Lisp level stream; output to the Unix file
> descriptor is currently not touched.  We could redirect it, but I'm not
> sure whether that would be an advantage.
> 
> > And how can I capture it in
> > a local variable?
> 
> Maybe:
> 
>  (with-output-to-string (s)
>    (ext:run-program  "ls" '("-la" "/bin") :output s)
>    s)
> 
> Helmut.
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--Jeff