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RunTask.ReadErrorText

Reads what is in the buffer for the error stream.

Deprecated

This function was deprecated. Use Shell functions instead.

Parameters

Parameter	Description	Example	Flags
Encoding	The text encoding for result. Default is native. Possible encoding names: ANSI, ISO-8859-1, Latin1, Mac, Native, UTF-8, DOS, Hex, Base64 or Windows. More listed in the FAQ.	"UTF-8"	Optional

Result

Returns text or error.

Description

Examples

Read version of python:

Set Variable [$r; Value:MBS( "RunTask.NewTask" )]
Set Variable [$r; Value:MBS( "RunTask.SetLaunchPath"; "/usr/bin/python" )]
Set Variable [$r; Value:MBS( "RunTask.SetArguments"; "-V")]
Set Variable [$r; Value:MBS( "RunTask.Launch")]
Pause/Resume Script [Duration (seconds): ,1]
Show Custom Dialog ["Version"; MBS("RunTask.ReadErrorText"; "UTF8")]

See also

• RunTask.Launch
• RunTask.NewTask
• RunTask.ReadOutputText
• RunTask.SetArguments
• RunTask.SetLaunchPath
• Version

Example Databases

• RunTask/Run Shell Script on Mac

Created 18th August 2014, last changed 13th June 2020

RunTask.ProcessIdentifier   -   RunTask.ReadOutputText

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