COMMAND LINE OUTPUT REDIRECTION
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1. A method comprising:
- receiving, in a computer, a call invoked, by an application, to execute at least a command line utility, the application providing an identifier in the call, wherein the command line utility is a utility executable from a command line prompt;
receiving output from the command line utility;
storing the output received from the command line utility in a system registry storage location identified by the identifier; and
providing, by the computer, the output of, the command line utility to the application from the system registry storage location identified by the identifier.
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Abstract
In one embodiment the invention provides a method to provide command line utility output to an application without the need of temporary files. The method includes receiving an identifier, receiving output from a command line utility, and storing the command line utility output in a system storage at a location identified by the identifier. In one illustrative embodiment, command line utility output is stored in a system registry database. In another illustrative embodiment, command line utility output is stored in a shared system memory. The method may be stored in any media that is readable and executable by a computer system.
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23 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving, in a computer, a call invoked, by an application, to execute at least a command line utility, the application providing an identifier in the call, wherein the command line utility is a utility executable from a command line prompt; receiving output from the command line utility; storing the output received from the command line utility in a system registry storage location identified by the identifier; and providing, by the computer, the output of, the command line utility to the application from the system registry storage location identified by the identifier. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 14)
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- 11. The method of claim 11 wherein storing of the output comprises associating each line of the output from the command line utility with a line identifier in a system registry database.
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15. A program storage device, readable by a computer, storing instructions configured to instruct the computer to:
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receive, in the computer from an application, a call invoked to execute at least a I command line utility, the application providing at least one identifier in the call, wherein the command line utility is a utility executable from a command line prompt; receive output from the command line utility; store the output received from the command line utility in a system registry storage location identified by the at least one identifier; and provide, by the computer, the output of the command line utility to the application from the system registry storage location identified by the at least one identifier. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21)
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22. A computer system comprising:
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a processor; and memory storing instructions including an operation system and a command line utility, wherein the command line utility is a utility executable by the processor under control of the operation system from a command line prompt, wherein when an application executable on the processor, to invoke call to the operating system to execute at least the command line utility, the application to provide at least one identifier in the call, the instructions cause a system registry storage location identified by the at least one identifier, to store an output of the command line utility, and allow the application to retrieve the output of command line utility from the system registry storage location identified by the at least one identifier. - View Dependent Claims (23)
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