Function read_pipe

git-p4.py:362–377

Read output from command. Returns the output text on success. On failure, terminates execution, unless ignore_error is True, when it returns an empty string. If raw is True, do not attempt to decode output text.

(c, ignore_error=False, raw=False, *k, **kw)

def read_pipe(c, ignore_error=False, raw=False, *k, **kw):
    """Read output from  command. Returns the output text on success. On
       failure, terminates execution, unless ignore_error is True, when it
       returns an empty string.

       If raw is True, do not attempt to decode output text.
       """
    retcode, out, err = read_pipe_full(c, *k, **kw)
    if retcode != 0:
        if ignore_error:
            out = ""
        else:
            die('Command failed: {}\nError: {}'.format(' '.join(c), err))
    if not raw:
        out = decode_text_stream(out)
    return out


def read_pipe_text(c, *k, **kw):