Bugs item #1736483, was opened at 2007-06-13 09:41 Message generated for change (Comment added) made by ilgiz You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=105470&aid=1736483&group_id=5470
Please note that this message will contain a full copy of the comment thread, including the initial issue submission, for this request, not just the latest update. Category: Python Library Group: Python 2.3 Status: Open Resolution: None Priority: 5 Private: No Submitted By: Eric (cpegeric) Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody) Summary: os.popen('yes | echo hello') stuck Initial Comment: after calling os.popen('yes | echo hello'), the process never returns. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Comment By: Ilguiz Latypov (ilgiz) Date: 2007-06-13 13:07 Message: Logged In: YES user_id=281701 Originator: NO Could you try the same command from your shell? I am guessing "yes" will write an error message about the broken pipe to stderr. $ python -c 'import sys, os; sys.stdout.write(os.popen("yes | echo hello").read())' yes: standard output: Broken pipe yes: write error hello $ python -c 'import sys, os; sys.stdout.write(os.popen3("yes | echo hello")[1].read())' hello ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=105470&aid=1736483&group_id=5470 _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com