Non-blocking read with popen subprocess

[Piet van Oostrum]

>>>>> Jonathan Gardner <jgardner at jonathangardner.net> (JG) wrote:

>JG> On Jul 30, 5:24 pm, Dhanesh <dhanesh... at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> how can I we have a non blocking read ?

>JG> See http://docs.python.org/library/popen2.html#flow-control-issues

>JG> Note well: In the non-blocking world, you have to use select() or poll
>JG> () to get your job done.

AFAIK, on Windows these work only on sockets, not on files. I think
pipes are in the files camp.

Alternatively you can read one of the two in a different thread.

>JG> You may want to look at "communicate" (http://docs.python.org/library/
>JG> subprocess.html#popen-objects) which may be what you need.

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