[xcvb-devel] run-program/process-output-stream

[Faré]

On 14 April 2011 01:59, Peter Keller <psilord at cs.wisc.edu> wrote:
> (run-program/process-output-stream '("echo" "string") 'slurp-stream-lines)
>
> I get back this list:
> ("string") ;; notice no newline.
>
> Now suppose I call it like this:
>
> (run-program/process-output-stream '("echo" "string") 'slurp-stream-string)
>
> I would then get back:
>
> "string
> "
>       ^ Notice the newline
>
> Is this the expected behavior for this function wrt these output-processors?
>
Yes. In one case, you get the entire output in a single string that
you may process as you wish, in the other you use read-line, which
strips newlines for you.

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