> > Trying the example code for pipes, I only get a waiting prompt, and then > > it jumps out of the loop. > > > > I added two little statements to have some output: > > > > DIM hFile AS File > > DIM sLine AS String > > > > hFile = PIPE "/tmp/FIFO1" FOR INPUT > > > > PRINT "Now let's start:" > > > > WHILE NOT Eof(hFile) > > > > LINE INPUT #hFile, sLine > > PRINT sLine > > > > WEND > > > > PRINT "That's it." > > > > When I start this, it prints the start message and waits. It's in a > > Konsole window within KDE. I open another terminal and type > > > > ls > /tmp/FIFO1 > > > > Instead of giving the file list, it just prints the finish message and > > quits. > > > > Did I do something wrong? > > > > Rolf > > I just tried, and it works with "ls -la > /tmp/FIFO1", but not with "ls > > /tmp/FIFO1", as you described. Very strange...
It is actually random: sometimes it works as expected, sometimes Eof(hFile) returns True the first time it is called, and the pipe is not read. Very strange yet! -- Benoît Minisini ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Gambas-user mailing list Gambas-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gambas-user