[GRASS-dev] Re: [GRASS GIS] #508: hardcoded /dev/null

[GRASS GIS]

#508: hardcoded /dev/null
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 Reporter:  hamish              |       Owner:  grass-dev@…              
     Type:  defect              |      Status:  new                      
 Priority:  major               |   Milestone:  6.4.0                    
Component:  Default             |     Version:  6.4.0 RCs                
 Keywords:  wingrass /dev/null  |    Platform:  MSWindows XP             
      Cpu:  x86-32              |  
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Comment(by glynn):

 Replying to [comment:4 hamish]:
 > as in comment:2 I'm not sure how to fix r.out.mpeg.

 {{{
 G_system("ppmtompeg 2>" G_DEV_NULL);
 }}}

 A more significant issue is gee_wildfiles(), which does:
 {{{
     sprintf(cmd, "cd %s; \\ls %s >> %s 2> /dev/null",
             path, wildarg, tfile);
 }}}

 If you want a complete replacement, the 7.0 version of xganim uses
 G_spawn_ex() and g.mlist.

 > I'm not sure if xganim could be made to work on WinGrass or not, but
 it's better replaced by the wxGUI animator version. (?)

 The 6.x xganim requires Motif and an X server, which is probably more
 trouble than it's worth.  Also, on Windows and MacOSX you would need to
 either use Lesstif (which is still "beta" quality and barely maintained)
 or buy a commercial version of Motif; the OpenMotif licence is limited to
 open-source platforms.

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