This patch makes sure that the output to stderr is also redirected to
the console when some error with nntp-pull occurs.
Additionally, the completion of the nntp-pull command is also logged to
the console.
Signed-off-by: Claus Hunsen <hunsen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
codeface/R/ml/download.r | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/codeface/R/ml/download.r b/codeface/R/ml/download.r
index 6c59701..ddebecd 100755
--- a/codeface/R/ml/download.r
+++ b/codeface/R/ml/download.r
@@ -66,10 +66,11 @@ download.mbox <- function(ml, start.date, outfile) {
## TODO: Use nntp-pull --verbose, count the number of emitted
## lines, and provide a status progress bar.
cmd <- str_c("nntp-pull --server=news.gmane.org --reget --limit=",
- num, " '", ml, ">", outfile, "'")
+ num, " '", ml, ">", outfile, "' 2>&1")
cat(str_c("Downloading ", num, " messages from ", ml, "\n"))
cat(cmd, "\n")
system(cmd)
+ cat("Download completed.\n")
}
#####################################################################
--
2.8.0