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   Bj”rn Wiberg to g00r00   
   Re: Redirecting only stderr to NUL on Wi   
   09 Aug 21 21:30:54   
   
   TID: Mystic BBS 1.12 A47   
   MSGID: 2:201/137 fd6a5e46   
   REPLY: 1:129/215 f8cf6c49   
   TZUTC: 0200   
   Hello g00r00!   
      
   Thank you for your reply!   
      
   On 09 Aug 2021, g00r00 said the following...   
    g0>  BW> Windows: > NUL 2>&1   
    g0>  BW> Linux: > /dev/null 2>&1   
    g0>    
    g0> Mystic's local console API in Windows already takes over STDIN and   
    g0> STDOUT.   
      
   OK, but what happens to "external" archive viewers (View Cmd) on Windows then?   
      
   Won't their output be eaten up by the console API, resulting in (seemingly) no   
   contents inside those archives?   
      
   That's what currently happens for Linux, and the reason for needing a   
   construct like >> "%3%2" 2> /dev/null; exit $? at the end of the View Cmd on   
   Linux. Easy, but unnecessary, should Mystic instead only "eat" stderr of the   
   View Cmd on Linux. :)   
      
   Now, please don't get me wrong -- I think the job you've put into the archiver   
   stuff lately is marvelous, including the fix for the redirections, and I   
   appreciate it all very much! Just thinking that View Cmds would be easier to   
   construct if stdout wasn't eaten up (for View Cmds, only).   
      
   As always, thank you,    
      
   Best regards   
   Bj”rn   
      
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