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-rw-r--r--src/helper/command.c26
1 files changed, 24 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/helper/command.c b/src/helper/command.c
index ea768b2d..086b03d3 100644
--- a/src/helper/command.c
+++ b/src/helper/command.c
@@ -84,14 +84,36 @@ static struct log_capture_state *command_log_capture_start(Jim_Interp *interp)
return state;
}
-static void command_log_capture_finish(struct log_capture_state *state)
+/* Classic openocd commands provide progress output which we
+ * will capture and return as a Tcl return value.
+ *
+ * However, if a non-openocd command has been invoked, then it
+ * makes sense to return the tcl return value from that command.
+ *
+ * The tcl return value is empty for openocd commands that provide
+ * progress output.
+ *
+ * Therefore we set the tcl return value only if we actually
+ * captured output.
+ */
+static void command_log_capture_finish(struct log_capture_state *state)
{
if (NULL == state)
return;
log_remove_callback(tcl_output, state);
- Jim_SetResult(state->interp, state->output);
+ int length;
+ Jim_GetString(state->output, &length);
+
+ if (length > 0)
+ {
+ Jim_SetResult(state->interp, state->output);
+ } else
+ {
+ /* No output captured, use tcl return value (which could
+ * be empty too). */
+ }
Jim_DecrRefCount(state->interp, state->output);
free(state);