Re: read stdout/stderr without blocking
 

Check out the select module, for an example on how to use it:
pexpect.sourceforge.net




>>>Jacek Pop*awski <jpopl@interia.pl> 09/12/05 10:07 am >>>
Popen from subprocess module gives me access to stdout, so I can read
it. Problem is, that I don't know how much data is available... How can
I read it without blocking my program?

example:
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import subprocess
import time

command="ls -l -R /"

p=subprocess.Popen(command,shell=True,stdout=subpr ocess.PIPE,stderr=subprocess.PIPE)

while (p.poll()==None):
print "."
r=p.stdout.read()
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when you comment out read() - you will notice that loop is working, with
read() loop is blocked
Of course I don't need to read() inside loop, but... if output is very
long (like from "make") and I don't read from stdout - command will
block itself! I tried to increase bufsize, but it didn't help.

Is there a way to read only available data from stdout/stderr?
Is there a way to not block Popen command without reading stdout/stderr?
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Re: read stdout/stderr without blocking
 

Adriaan Renting wrote:
> Check out the select module, for an example on how to use it:
> pexpect.sourceforge.net

Two problems:
- it won't work on Windows (Cygwin)
- how much data should I read after select? 1 character? Can it block if
I read 2 characters?