Suppress Windows command output when using 'ExecWait' in NSIS

Question

I am trying to suppress the output window which pops up after executing a psql command in NSIS

ExecWait 'psql -U postgres -f "Path\To\File.sql" postgres'

I tried '>nul' after looking at this link. But that doesn't work.

'psql -q' hides the output but doesn't suppress the errors. – Lyman Zerga Jun 05 '13 at 13:02 — Lyman Zerga, Jun 05 '13 at 13:02

score 17 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 05 '13 at 13:24

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To avoid the black DOS box, you can use nsExec::Exec instead of Execwait.

answered Jun 05 '13 at 13:24

Francisco R

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 19 '22 at 14:03

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Using vanilla NSIS, you can also use ExecShellWait with SW_HIDE like so:

ExecShellWait "" "$INSTDIR\myservice.exe" "install" SW_HIDE

...although nsExec is clearly the way to go if you want to capture output.

answered Aug 19 '22 at 14:03

bk138

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