On Tue, Feb 15 2011 at 8:02am -0500, Jeff <jlar310@gmail.com> wrote: > On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 12:14 PM, Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com> wrote: > > The simple problem is that the code today does not distinguish between > > essential output (to stdout) and incidental output (to stdout). > > > > If I run 'pvs' I expect a list of PVs. > > If I run 'pvs --quiet' do I still expect to see that list? > > > > Today, there is no distinction: pvs output and the message you're wanting > > to suppress are the same category of message. > > Yes, there should be a difference between "do-something" commands and > "tell-me-something" commands. I hope there aren't too many cases where > that's a gray area. Ignoring the fact that we have a --quiet option for a moment, why is the additional output of the command(s) so problematic? _______________________________________________ linux-lvm mailing list linux-lvm@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-lvm read the LVM HOW-TO at http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/
