do u really need read something even when you run the scripts2.py directly? why not just change script2.py to #script2.py if __name__ == "__main__": x=sys.stdin.read() print 'passed' else: print 'passed from else branch'
is it what you want? or anything i misunderstand. On 14 Jun 2006 08:13:04 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I googled around, but couldn't understand how to solve this problem. > I have 2 scripts > > # script1.py # > print 'something' > > #script2.py > x=sys.stdin.read() > print 'passed' > > if I run > script1.py | script2.py > all goes well. > > But if I run just > script2.py > the program blocks waiting forever for input. > > On *nix I used select.select to solve this problem, but on windows? > I read that maybe I should use, from win32api, GetStdHandle and > WaitForMultipleObjects, but how to do it it's far from my knowledge. > > Any help? > > Thank you, > Riccardo > > -- > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list > -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list