you have to use non-block readining. http://docs.python.org/lib/module-select.html: A time-out value of zero specifies a poll and never blocks.
jas wrote: > I am currently using subprocess to execute a command. Then I read from > it's stdout...however, this is hanging on a read..waiting for more > bytes. So what I would like is to timeout...and select.selec() seems > to be what I need. Except I don't have a socket, i have stdout. > > Any suggestions on how to do a timeout like select.select with stdout? > > Thanks > -- Best regards, Maksim Kasimov mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
