[fpc-devel] Running programs with output redirection

[Andrew Haines]

On 07/17/11 05:50, Hans-Peter Diettrich wrote:
> Andrew Haines schrieb:
> 
>> The best way I know is described here:
>> http://wiki.lazarus.freepascal.org/Executing_External_Programs#How_to_redirect_output_with_TProcess
>>
> 
> Thanks for the link, I didn't know before that redirecting is such a big
> issue.
> 
> 
>> RunCommandAndDirectOutput('diff', '-r dir1 dir2', 'diff.txt');
> 
> Can I tell diff to only compare *.xml files?
> 
> I want to track modifications in the FPC/Lazarus docs files...
> 

I don't know if diff can be made to only match files against a pattern
but it can _ignore_ files matching a pattern. Anyway I made a program
that can do what you want mostly. It may be useful to you or not.

Also the TProcess example is slightly simpler.

Regards,

Andrew Haines
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