stdout and stderr showing output only after script is done

[MKoool]

sorry i meant i installed python version 2.4.1, thanks

MKoool wrote:
> I just installed python 2.4 for windows.  I was using the cygwin
> version previously, but wanted to use the official python 2.4 release
> to install a module that reads off some registry entries.
>
> After installing, I did what I normally do, ssh to my local windows
> machine, and run the python script I wrote.  The script takes about 30
> seconds to complete and gives me incremental output.  I ran it, and it
> seems to be buffering standard input and  output.  It ran my whole
> script and showed me all the output of stderr and stdout only after the
> whole script was done.  For example, my script can sometimes take like
> 10 minutes to finish, so I print out "1% complete", "2% complete" and
> so on.  Now it shows me nothing, and at the end, it just tells me "1%
> complete, 2% complete... 100% complete" all in one shot.
> 
> Can I change this behavior somehow?
> 
> thanks,
> mohan