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From: Graham Baxter <gbaxter@NOSPAM.bcs.org.uk>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.os.vxworks
Subject: Re: redirecting the standard output
Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2001 10:48:17 +0100
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Martin Dowie wrote:
> 
> This time with a subject... :-)
> 
> Target System: PowerPC, AdaMULTI v1.8.9b, VxWorks 5.4
> 
> How do I redirect the standard output? I'd like to redirect it to device
> "/null"
> 
> Attempts:
>  Open (DevNull, Append_File, "/null");
>  Open (DevNull, "/null", "/null");
> 
> just cause Status_Error, i.e. the device is already "open". So how can
> I then "Set_Output (DevNull);" without having the device object in
> File_Type form?..

-- 
Try:

int fd = open("/null",O_RDWR,0);
if(fd != ERROR)
{
    ioGlobalStdSet(STD_IN,fd);
    ioGlobalStdSet(STD_OUT,fd);
    ioGlobalStdSet(STD_ERR,fd);
}



Regards,


Graham Baxter
Freelance Software Engineer
gbaxter@NOSPAM.bcs.org.uk