Send --help message to stdout i.s.o stderr #1906

pull laanwj wants to merge 1 commits into bitcoin:master from laanwj:2012_10_help_stdout changing 2 files +2 −2

laanwj commented at 6:00 AM on October 4, 2012: member

As the list of options is getting very long, there's a large chance it doesn't fit on the terminal at once.

Sending the output to stdout allows fun stuff such as bitcoin --help | less, and more easy piping to files (yes, technically it's also possible with stderr, but less convenient).

Looking at other tools such as bash, gcc, they all send their help text to stdout.

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.

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Diapolo commented at 7:42 AM on October 4, 2012: none

ACK, seems the right thing to do!
BitcoinPullTester commented at 5:46 PM on October 5, 2012: none

Automatic sanity-testing: PASSED, see http://jenkins.bluematt.me/pull-tester/bb353618f16d1faf29de2f1fe4ad191122c90c27 for binaries and test log.
gavinandresen commented at 6:00 PM on October 5, 2012: contributor

ACK
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