readline() when there is no '/n'

[Peter Abel]

John Smith <someone at microsoft.com> wrote in message news:<4P_%9.77$1q2.11539 at newsread2.prod.itd.earthlink.net>...
> I am running a process using popen2 and capturing the process output with 
> readline().  The program prompts for a file name "Enter filename:", and the 
> line doesn't end with a '/n' so the readline() method hangs up.  Any 
> suggestions?
> 
> John Smith

try:
lines=os.popen('proggy').read().split('\n')

but:
your proggy - if it's a python script and you will get
the filename by
filename=raw_input('Enter filename:')
-
will cause an EOFError: EOF when reading a line.

So it's not easy to understand the logic behind your
program to catch the ouput of an subprocess when this
is waiting for an input.

Regards
Peter