I don't think I understand popen2() behaviour

[Timothy Grant]

On Mon, Feb 12, 2001 at 07:48:35PM +0100, Siggy Brentrup wrote:
> > I wouldn't see them until I did a y.readlines() or something.
> 
> popen2 connects the command's stdin and stdout, but not to stderr.
> 
>  
> > So, obviously I don't understand something, but I'm not even sure
> > what it is I don't understand yet!
> 
> Try the following:
> 
> >>> cld = popen2.Popen3('tail -f /var/log/messages', 1)
> 
> For details cf.
> http://www.python.org/doc/current/lib/popen3-objects.html
> 
Hmm, another case of my brain interpreting what I read in light of what my
brain wanted me to read.

Thanks for the pointer. I'll try and pay closer attention next time.


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