stdout not flushed before os.execvp()

[Thomas Guettler]

Hi,

I noticed, that sys.stout does not get flushed before the process is
replaced. The last print statements (before execvp()) disappear.

It only happens, if the output is redirected to a file (if sys.stdout is
not line buffered).

"""#testexec.py
import os
print "Messsage"
os.execvp("/bin/true", ["/bin/true"])
"""

===> python tmp/testexec.py 
Messsage

===> python tmp/testexec.py  > out ; cat out


Is this a bug or feature?

My version:
Python 2.4.2 (#1, May  2 2006, 08:28:01) 
GCC 4.1.0 (SUSE Linux)] on linux2


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