John Summerfied wrote: > Whilst I often grep the output of something, I do so for my own purpose > and knowing I am throwing away information the author felt should be > displayed*. I'd not be happy if my supplier decided to throw that > information away. Indeed, several times I've been cauught with > postgresql not starting and there being no messages because some Red > Twit discarded them. I was just suggesting that this problem can easily be solved in scripts outside vmcp. I agree that my proposal may require the script author to think about his best way to retrieve that output - but because <me> being a scripting language dyslexic that probably takes implementation by someone who knows better. --
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