From 69d4f1c761291d2c33c4b22454877402465b2c48 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Thomas Bushnell, BSG" Date: Sun, 4 Dec 2005 20:03:34 -0800 Subject: Import Debian changes 3a2-3 slib (3a2-3) unstable; urgency=low * Brought all source files up-to-date with upstream CVS. Repeat changes from version 3a2-1 in Makefile. --- lineio.txi | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) (limited to 'lineio.txi') diff --git a/lineio.txi b/lineio.txi index 52d17b8..9fbe92f 100644 --- a/lineio.txi +++ b/lineio.txi @@ -46,5 +46,10 @@ which case it defaults to the value returned by a temporary file. @code{system->line} calls @code{system} with @var{command} as argument, redirecting stdout to file @var{tmp}. @code{system->line} returns a string containing the first line of output from @var{tmp}. + +@code{system->line} is intended to be a portable method for getting one-line results +from programs like @code{pwd}, @code{whoami}, @code{hostname}, +@code{which}, @code{identify}, and @code{cksum}. Its behavior when +called with programs which generate lots of output is unspecified. @end defun -- cgit v1.2.3