--- a/PipeStream.st	Mon Sep 24 21:19:57 2018 +0200
+++ b/PipeStream.st	Tue Sep 25 10:33:06 2018 +0200
@@ -770,6 +770,22 @@
     "Modified (comment): / 31-05-2018 / 08:56:06 / Claus Gittinger"
 !
 
+outputFromCommand:aCommand errorDisposition:errorDispositionSymbolOrStream 
+    "open a pipe reading from aCommand and return the complete output as a string.
+     If the command cannot be executed, return nil.
+     The command will be executed in smalltalk's current directory.
+     errorDisposition may be a stream or one of #discard, #inline or #stderr (default).
+       #discard causes stderr to be discarded (/dev/null),
+       #inline causes it to be merged into the PipeStream and
+       #stderr causes it to be written to smalltalk's own stderr.
+       a stream causes stderr to be sent to that stream (internal or external)
+       Nil is treated like #stderr"
+
+    ^ self outputFromCommand:aCommand errorDisposition:errorDispositionSymbolOrStream inDirectory:nil
+
+    "Created: / 25-09-2018 / 10:32:49 / Claus Gittinger"
+!
+
 outputFromCommand:aCommand errorDisposition:errorDispositionSymbolOrStream inDirectory:aDirectoryOrNil
     "open a pipe reading from aCommand and return the complete output as a string.
      If the command cannot be executed, return nil.