Matthias Vogelgesang schrieb: > Hello, > as I found out, it is possible to get the output of other programs > using os.popen() and read from it. However this method is blocking for > server processes and programs that don't stop immediately. Has anyone > an idea how to get the output of such programs?
Use either the module select to dispatch in case of arriving input on one of several filedescriptors, or a thread to poll the data Diez -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list