Just an fyi, you don't need to code your own process protocol for programs like md5sum. Take a look at twisted.internet.utils.getProcessOutput.
-Cary On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 8:45 AM, Phil Christensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Dec 9, 2008, at 5:41 PM, Jean-Paul Calderone wrote: > > On Tue, 9 Dec 2008 15:43:00 -0500, Phil Christensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > Everything is basically working, except for the fact that the md5sum > processes never go away. It does seem that processEnded is being called, > since that's what issues the callback on the deferred returned by run(), > but the process sticks around, as a non-zombie, non-defunct process that > still appears to be using small amounts of CPU time. > > processEnded shouldn't be called until the child has exited and been > reaped. This means that the md5sum process should not still exist in > any form if processEnded is being called. So either the processes you're > seeing aren't associated with the ProcessProtocol instances you think, or > there's a pretty serious bug in Twisted. :) > > Well, it looks like I was wrong, and the processes do go away, although > they take awhile. This isn't that surprising, since I'm seeing 10-15 md5 > processes happening in parallel, and they're checksumming relatively large > (~150MB) WAV files. > It ended up being all because of a dumb mistake. Thanks for the help, > though. > -phil > _______________________________________________ > Twisted-Python mailing list > Twisted-Python@twistedmatrix.com > http://twistedmatrix.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/twisted-python > > -- 01100011 01100001 01110010 01111001 _______________________________________________ Twisted-Python mailing list Twisted-Python@twistedmatrix.com http://twistedmatrix.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/twisted-python
