non blocking read()

[Gustavo Córdova Avila]

Donn Cave wrote:

>
>Depends.  I don't believe the original post mentioned
>that the file is a pipe, socket or similar, but it's
>kind of implied by the use of select() also mentioned.
>It's also kind of implied by use of the term "block" -
>disk files don't block.
>
>If we are indeed talking about a pipe or something that
>really can block, and you call fileobject.read(1024),
>it will block until it gets 1024 bytes.
>
>   Donn Cave, donn at u.washington.edu
>
Actually the op did mention that he wanted to monitor files.
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