From 246ce9de04e16b39c123a05426b90859af2a4251 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Kevin Van Brunt Date: Fri, 29 Jan 2021 11:37:09 -0500 Subject: Updated documentation --- docs/features/startup_commands.rst | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) (limited to 'docs') diff --git a/docs/features/startup_commands.rst b/docs/features/startup_commands.rst index aaaf7722..f105054b 100644 --- a/docs/features/startup_commands.rst +++ b/docs/features/startup_commands.rst @@ -64,3 +64,12 @@ like so:: This text file should contain a :ref:`Command Script `. See the AliasStartup_ example for a demonstration. + +You can silence a startup script's output by setting ``silent_startup_script`` +to True:: + + cmd2.Cmd.__init__(self, startup_script='.cmd2rc', silent_startup_script=True) + +Anything written to stderr will still print. Additionally, a startup script +cannot be silenced if ``allow_redirection`` is False since silencing works +by redirecting a script's output to ``os.devnull``. -- cgit v1.2.1