From bb353618f16d1faf29de2f1fe4ad191122c90c27 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Wladimir J. van der Laan" Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2012 07:56:57 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Send --help message to stdout i.s.o stderr This allows fun stuff such as `bitcoin --help | less`, and more easy piping to files. Looking at other tools such as bash, gcc, they all send their help text to stdout. --- src/init.cpp | 2 +- src/qt/guiutil.cpp | 2 +- 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/src/init.cpp b/src/init.cpp index 7e2cda6297b78..0084dd6744b75 100644 --- a/src/init.cpp +++ b/src/init.cpp @@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ bool AppInit(int argc, char* argv[]) strUsage += "\n" + HelpMessage(); - fprintf(stderr, "%s", strUsage.c_str()); + fprintf(stdout, "%s", strUsage.c_str()); return false; } diff --git a/src/qt/guiutil.cpp b/src/qt/guiutil.cpp index d2d7716dbd72d..ff70ca24afa9a 100644 --- a/src/qt/guiutil.cpp +++ b/src/qt/guiutil.cpp @@ -439,7 +439,7 @@ void HelpMessageBox::printToConsole() { // On other operating systems, the expected action is to print the message to the console. QString strUsage = header + "\n" + coreOptions + "\n" + uiOptions; - fprintf(stderr, "%s", strUsage.toStdString().c_str()); + fprintf(stdout, "%s", strUsage.toStdString().c_str()); } void HelpMessageBox::showOrPrint()