It does when I call the command from the shell. Also, Perl flushes whenever there is a \n. I have one at the end of each line.
On Sat, 10 Jul 2004 14:41:51 -0700, John Finlay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > John Russell wrote: > > >On Sat, 10 Jul 2004 16:23:01 -0400, John Russell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > >>>I suspect you're using: > >>> pipe = popen2.popen4(cmd) > >>>instead of > >>> pipe = popen2.Popen4(cmd) > >>>Notice the use of the capital P. The first executes a function that > >>>returns a tuple. The second creates a class instance. > >>> > >>> > >>Right again. Thanks. BTW. If I do end up os.kill()ing this process, > >>do I have to close the input output pipes, or do they get closed > >>automagically? Any other cleanup that is necessary? > >> > >> > >> > > > >Also, I wrote a perl script that outputs a line, sleeps for a second, > >and outputs another line for 15 seconds. WHen I run this command with > >Popen4 (yes the capital letter), nothing happens for 15 seconds and > >then all the output comes out at once. I ran the command like so > > > >pipe = popen2.Popen4(command) > > > >and also > > > >pipe = popen2.Popen4(command,0) > > > >in an attempt to stop it from buffeing the output. Is there anything > >elseI can do to flush the output when reading from pipe.fromchild? > > > >You guys have been great. Thanks for all the help. > > > > > > > Are you sure that the perl script is flushing the output every second? > > John > > _______________________________________________ pygtk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.daa.com.au/mailman/listinfo/pygtk Read the PyGTK FAQ: http://www.async.com.br/faq/pygtk/