return a struct

run.go

@@ -50,8 +50,8 @@ func Run(args []string) bool {
 		return false
 	}
 
-	err = RunPath(dir, args)
+	r := RunPath(dir, args)
-	if err == nil {
+	if r.ok {
 		return true
 	}
 	return false
@@ -59,13 +59,29 @@ func Run(args []string) bool {
 
 var ErrorArgvEmpty error = errors.New("command was empty")
 
+type RunResult struct {
+	ok bool
+	argv []string
+	path string
+	output []byte
+	err error
+	outerr error
+}
+
 // run, but set the working path
-func RunPath(path string, args []string) error {
+func RunPath(path string, args []string) *RunResult {
+	r := new(RunResult)
+	r.path = path
+	r.argv = args
 	if len(args) == 0 {
-		return ErrorArgvEmpty
+		r.ok = true
+		r.err = ErrorArgvEmpty
+		return r
 	}
 	if args[0] == "" {
-		return ErrorArgvEmpty
+		r.ok = false
+		r.err = ErrorArgvEmpty
+		return r
 	}
 	thing := args[0]
 	parts := args[1:]
@@ -76,17 +92,25 @@ func RunPath(path string, args []string) error {
 	log.Info("path =", path, "cmd =", strings.Join(args, " "))
 	if err := cmd.Run(); err != nil {
 		// Handle error if the command execution fails
-		log.Info("RunPath() failed")
+		// log.Info("RunPath() failed")
 		// log.Info("cmd.Enviorn =", cmd.Environ())
 		out, outerr := cmd.Output()
-		log.Info("cmd.output =", out)
+		// log.Info("cmd.output =", out)
-		log.Info("cmd.output err=", outerr)
+		// log.Info("cmd.output err=", outerr)
-		log.Info("path =", path)
+		// log.Info("path =", path)
-		log.Info("args =", args)
+		// log.Info("args =", args)
-		log.Info("err =", err.Error())
+		// log.Info("err =", err.Error())
-		return err
+		r.ok = false
+		r.err = err
+		r.output = out
+		r.outerr = outerr
+		return r
 	}
-	return nil
+	out, outerr := cmd.Output()
+	r.output = out
+	r.outerr = outerr
+	r.ok = true
+	return r
 }
 
 func (cmd *OldShell) Run(cmdline string) string {