fix for redirecting lilypond output

[clive CATTERALL]

Here is the fix for redirecting lilypond output to a file for Cygwin users
where the bash shell does not keep a history of screen output.

Clive Catterall

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----- Original Message -----
From: Mats Bengtsson <address@hidden>
To: clive CATTERALL <address@hidden>
Sent: Monday, March 03, 2003 2:02 PM
Subject: Re: FAQ?


> Please keep the discussion on the mailing list, for the
> benefit of yourself since you get access to the collected
> expertise on the list and for the benefit of others who experience
> similar problems.
>
> Lilypond, as most other UNIX programs, sends warnings and error
> messages to standard error instead of standard output.
> If you want to include them in your log file, use
> ly2dvi .... > log.txt 2>&1
> this is described in the manual pages for sh or bash and in
> introductions to UNIX, but I always find it difficult to remember
> since I normally use tcsh instead of bash as command shell.
> Similarly, you can do
> ly2dvi ... | less 2>&1
>
>      /Mats
>
>
> clive CATTERALL wrote:
> > thanks for the pointers, but I'd already exhausted them.  I had already
> > looked inthe ref manual and the tutorial.
> >
> > The problem I'm having is trapping the error output from either ly2dvi
or
> > lilypond itself.  I cannot use the standard  > symbol as the text still
> > comes onto the screen. The only thing I could find in the searchable
> > archives was a reference to simply redirecting the output as would be
normal
> > in a Unix environment (which for some reason does not work for me)
> >
> > piping the output into less (the Cygwin version of more) doesn't seem to
> > work (well less runs but I cannot move backwards in the screenful and
the
> > save option produces an empty file).  The bash window on a W98
installation
> > does not keep a history of messages unlike some other Unix-like systems
I
> > have used in the past (SG and the like).  I'm at a loss as to what to
do, as
> > if there are more than one or two syntax errors they shoot off the top
of
> > the screen.
> >
> > Apologies for the non-lilypond content, but I've spent a good number of
> > hours trying to search through the Cygwin and Lilypond documentation and
> > archives.  If there are other Cygwin/lilypond users out there I'd love
to
> > discuss this off list!
> >
> > Clive Catterall
> >
> >
>
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