Serge Orloff wrote: | H J van Rooyen wrote: | > Traceback (most recent call last): | > File "portofile.py", line 232, in ? | > ret_val = main_routine(port, pollstruct, pfifo) | > File "portofile.py", line 108, in main_routine | > send_nak(port, timeout) # so bad luck - comms error | > File "/home/hvr/Polling/lib/readerpoll.py", line 125, in send_nak | > port.flush() | > IOError: [Errno 29] Illegal seek | > close failed: [Errno 29] Illegal seek | > | | | > Where can I find out what the Errno 29 really means? | > Is this Python, the OS or maybe hardware? | | It is from kernel: grep -w 29 `locate errno` | /usr/include/asm-generic/errno-base.h: #define ESPIPE 29 | /* Illegal seek */ | | man lseek: | | ERRORS: | ESPIPE fildes is associated with a pipe, socket, or FIFO. | | RESTRICTIONS: | Linux specific restrictions: using lseek on a tty device | returns ESPIPE.
Thanks for the info - so the Kernel sometimes bombs me out - does anybody know why the python flush sometimes calls lseek? - Hendrik -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list