imcs ee wrote: > yeah, forget my post ,it;s useless. > sorry for my thoughtless > On 14 Jun 2006 10:40:15 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>imcs ee ha scritto: >> >> >>>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. >> >>it won't do. clever btw. >>Script2 is not a module, it's a program that _could_ receive input via >>pipe. >> It really doesn't matter *how* it receives input, whether from a pipe, or a terminal or a redirected file.
When you run it "standalone" you should give it some input - type some text then enter ^D (on Unix-like systems) or ^Z (on Windows). How else do you expect read() to return anything? It *has* to read to the end fo the file before it returns a value. regards Steve -- Steve Holden +44 150 684 7255 +1 800 494 3119 Holden Web LLC/Ltd http://www.holdenweb.com Love me, love my blog http://holdenweb.blogspot.com Recent Ramblings http://del.icio.us/steve.holden -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list