/* Copyright 2023 The Kubernetes Authors. Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License. */ package commands import ( "bytes" "fmt" "os/exec" ) // RunAndReadError runs a exec.Cmd and tries to extract the error message from stderr // if present and it includes it in the returned error. This overrides the Stderr in cmd if // present. func RunAndReadError(cmd *exec.Cmd) error { var stderr bytes.Buffer cmd.Stderr = &stderr if err := cmd.Run(); err != nil { if stderr.Len() > 0 { err = fmt.Errorf("%s: %v", stderr.String(), err) } return err } return nil }