Biggest headache here is that the python avro data file library requires that the file be seekable. Standard in is not seekable.
I think this is a bug or a misfeature in the python library and probably deserves a ticket of its own. On Apr 2, 2013 5:47 PM, "Uri Laserson (JIRA)" <[email protected]> wrote: > Uri Laserson created AVRO-1286: > ---------------------------------- > > Summary: Python script avro cat should be able to read from > stdin > Key: AVRO-1286 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AVRO-1286 > Project: Avro > Issue Type: Bug > Components: python > Reporter: Uri Laserson > Priority: Minor > > > Currently, you have to specify a target file on the command line. But it > would be nice to be able to stream data through avro cat. > > -- > This message is automatically generated by JIRA. > If you think it was sent incorrectly, please contact your JIRA > administrators > For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira >
