Re: cvs_output() and error()

[Larry Jones]

Brice Oliver writes:
> 
> What's the difference between using cvs_output() and error() for sending
> messages back to the client?

Use the source, Luke.

error is a wrapper around cvs_outerr (not cvs_output) that prepends the
program name and subcommand information to the message and provides some
printf-like formating for variable substitution.  cvs_output and
cvs_outerr are lower-level routines that simply send a buffer to stdout
or stderr respectively.

> Which method is used for sending message that pertain to "operation
> completed successfully"?

Yes.

> Are all of the messages that use either cvs_output() or error() always be
> sent back to the client, or are some of those messages trapped internally by
> the cvs server?

All output is sent back to the client.

-Larry Jones

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