stdoutread issue

[WhiteSpace]

Ok, I don't know if this type of issue can be handled by sending standard output to a variable, I am using curl, a command line ftp program to send a zipped file over a secure connection and have the output (which is a data time/sent meter) display in the GUI instead of having to display the command prompt. I've looked through the help files and many posts on the forum but I either see something that doesn't apply or i'm just not grasping the idea. When I attempt to send the standard output to the window I get nothing. Here's a portion of the code, I'm not sure if the standard output will do this since the information is a constant stream, I've even waited until the file was sent but still receive no output of any kind.

Do
_getDOSOutput('c:\wakeforestftp\curl\curl.exe --ftp-ssl -v -k -T c:\testdata\' & $NameAndDate & '*.zip ftp://ftpserverinfo')
Until Not ProcessExists("curl.exe")
Sleep(2000)

Func _getDOSOutput($command)
    Local $text = '', $Pid = Run(@ComSpec & ' /c ' & $command, '', @SW_HIDE, 2 + 4)
    While 1
        $text &= StdoutRead($Pid)
        If @error Then ExitLoop
    
        $Arr = StringSplit($text,@LF)
    _ArrayDisplay($Arr)
    For $x = 1 To UBound($Arr) - 1
        $Arr[$x] = StringTrimRight($Arr[$x],1)
        _GUICtrlListBox_InsertString($Dataret,$Arr[$x],-1)
    Next
    WEnd
;Return GUICtrlSetData($Output,$text)
EndFunc  ;==>_getDOSOutput

[aec]

Some console programs use also stderr to output text. So you may need to use StderrRead too. However, it is better to merge stdout and stderr by using the flag 8 to be able to read data only with StdoutRead.

$Pid = Run(@ComSpec & ' /c ' & $command, '', @SW_HIDE, 8)

Edited May 7, 2008 by aec

[WhiteSpace]

Some console programs use also stderr to output text. So you may need to use StderrRead too. However, it is better to merge stdout and stderr by using the flag 8 to be able to read data only with StdoutRead.

$Pid = Run(@ComSpec & ' /c ' & $command, '', @SW_HIDE, 8)

I tried what you suggested and I'm still not getting any output display, could it be that it's because the data is a constant feed and it can't check a continuous feed at specified intervals?

[Greenhorn]

Hi,

please try this snippet ...

; switch -v for verbose is maybe useful.
$pid_cURL = Run(@ScriptDir & '\curl.exe -v "' & $sUrl & '"', '', @SW_SHOW, 6)

; you have to try or study the manual on which
; stream the output is verbosed, but I assume
; that it is the error stream.
While True
    
;   $line = StdoutRead($pid_cURL)
    $line = StderrRead($pid_cURL)
    If @error Then ExitLoop
    
    ConsoleWrite($line)
    
WEnd

Greetz

Greenhorn

Edited May 8, 2008 by Greenhorn

[WhiteSpace]

Hi,

please try this snippet ...

; switch -v for verbose is maybe useful.
$pid_cURL = Run(@ScriptDir & '\curl.exe -v "' & $sUrl & '"', '', @SW_SHOW, 6)

; you have to try or study the manual on which
; stream the output is verbosed, but I assume
; that it is the error stream.
While True
    
;   $line = StdoutRead($pid_cURL)
    $line = StderrRead($pid_cURL)
    If @error Then ExitLoop
    
    ConsoleWrite($line)
    
WEnd

Greetz

Greenhorn

Thank you So much Greenhorn and Aec both for your help. I tried the code you sent me Greenhorn and it fixed my issue! I had attempted to use StderrRead before in another program and just received a number code so I wasn't sure what that was, I didn't think data output would fall under that category.