Bug#341906: [Pkg-octave-devel] Bug#341906: octave prints copyright/debugging information on stdout instead of stderr
* Frederik Eaton <frederik@a5.repetae.net> [2006-01-09 03:07]:
> You're right, mysql seems to print to stdout, while "perl -d" writes
> directly to the terminal. In any case, I don't see a reason not to
> adopt my suggestion.
>
> The convincing argument is that one typically wants to be able to have
> rather strict control over what the output of a program is. When
> 'stdout' gets cluttered with other messages, it loses its usefulness
> very quickly.
Why doesn't the -q command option suit your needs?
--
Rafael
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