If you wanted to make sure stdio was flushed you could always do... sys.stdout.write("Message\n") sys.stdout.flush()
Thomas Guettler wrote: > 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 > > > -- > Thomas Güttler, http://www.thomas-guettler.de/ http://www.tbz-pariv.de/ > E-Mail: guettli (*) thomas-guettler + de > Spam Catcher: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list