[mkgmap-dev] how to have a script/batch check for mkgmap version?

Fri Jun 7 08:48:50 BST 2013

java -jar mkgmap.jar test-map:test-points

I didn't remember that one.
And thanks for clarifying that the version goes to stderr not stdout.

On 07.06.2013 08:24, GerdP wrote:
> Hi Felix,
>
> yes, I added some checks in mkgmap to avoid the writing of (almost) empty
> files
> when mkgmap is started without file args.
> If you want to produce an output file, you can use the test function,
> e.g.
> java -jar mkgmap.jar test-map:test-points
>
>
> Felix Hartmann-2 wrote
>> Well I managed some sort of test - but it would be nicer to get the
>> version output to file for checking:
>>
>> Dunno why >> doesn't put the version into the version_text.txt but
>> instead puts the time of running mkgmap into the .txt file.
> the reason is that --version prints to stderr instead of stdout.
> I also don't know why.
> On Windows, you can use this command to fill a fill with the version number.
> java -jar mkgmap.jar --version 2> version.txt
>
> If you want to append it to the file, use
> java -jar mkgmap.jar --version 2>> version.txt
>
> Gerd
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