Add optional output redirection control to process spawn functions#1689
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Add optional output redirection control to process spawn functions#1689
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…FAndRun, and endOpenAFAndStartOpenAF functions Co-authored-by: nmaguiar <11761746+nmaguiar@users.noreply.github.com>
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[WIP] Add option to redirect output to /dev/null
Add optional output redirection control to process spawn functions
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endOpenAFAndStartandstopOpenAFAndRuncurrently hardcode output behavior - the former redirects to/dev/nullon Unix, the latter inherits parent I/O. This adds aredirectOutputparameter to control this behavior.Changes
endOpenAFAndStart(aCommandLineArray, noStop, redirectOutput)redirectOutputparam (default:truefor backward compatibility)falsekeeps output visible instead of redirecting to/dev/nullstopOpenAFAndRun(aCommandLineArray, addCommand, redirectOutput)redirectOutputparam (default:falsefor backward compatibility)trueredirects to/dev/null(Unix) orNUL(Windows)endOpenAFAndStartOpenAF(aCommandLineArray, preCommandLineArray, noStop, redirectOutput)redirectOutputtoendOpenAFAndStartAF.prototype methods
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Corrected pre-existing bug in
stopOpenAFAndRunwhere Unix/Windows command logic was inverted (unix=truewas usingcmd /c, should be/bin/sh -c).✨ Let Copilot coding agent set things up for you — coding agent works faster and does higher quality work when set up for your repo.