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diff --git a/railties/guides/source/active_support_core_extensions.textile b/railties/guides/source/active_support_core_extensions.textile index f2170e120b..d82bdfee43 100644 --- a/railties/guides/source/active_support_core_extensions.textile +++ b/railties/guides/source/active_support_core_extensions.textile @@ -417,6 +417,14 @@ silence_stream(STDOUT) do end </ruby> +The +quietly+ method addresses the common use case where you want to silence STDOUT and STDERR, even in subprocesses: + +<ruby> +quietly { system 'bundle install' } +</ruby> + +For example, the railties test suite uses that one in a few places to prevent command messages from being echoed intermixed with the progress status. + Silencing exceptions is also possible with +suppress+. This method receives an arbitrary number of exception classes. If an exception is raised during the execution of the block and is +kind_of?+ any of the arguments, +suppress+ captures it and returns silently. Otherwise the exception is reraised: <ruby> |