Re: non blocking read()

[Gustavo Córdova Avila]

Donn Cave wrote:
Depends.  I don't believe the original post mentioned
that the file is a pipe, socket or similar, but it's
kind of implied by the use of select() also mentioned.
It's also kind of implied by use of the term "block" -
disk files don't block.
If we are indeed talking about a pipe or something that
really can block, and you call fileobject.read(1024),
it will block until it gets 1024 bytes.
  Donn Cave, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Actually the op did mention that he wanted to monitor files.
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