Great that did it thanks guys :)
Quoting Anydot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> On (17/10/07 11:11), [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > Hi,
>
> Hi,
> try this:
>
> >
> > Here is a simple test to explain my problem.
> >
> > I wrote a shell script test.sh :
> >
> > while true
> > do
> > printf "test\n"
> > sleep 1
> > done
> >
> > Then I wrote a C program test.c that does exactly the same :
> >
> > test.c
> > int main(void)
> > {
> > while(1)
> > {
> > printf ("test\n");
>
> fflush(stdout);
>
> > sleep(1);
> > }
> > }
> >
> >
> > ./test.sh | dzen2 -p --> works
> > ./test | dzen2 -p --> doesn't work (nothing in the dzen bar)
> >
> >
> > Any help appreciated..
> >
> > Lobzang.
> >
>
> If input/output is tty then it is line buffered, but if input/output is
> not tty (pipe to another program in your case) then it is block
> buffered.
>
> --
> Premysl "Anydot" Hruby >> http://na.srck.net <<
>
>
