Tim Peters wrote:
> Screw the docs. Pretend you're a newbie and *try* it.
I did try it.
>
> import os
> p = os.popen("dir")
> while 1:
> line = p.readline()
> if not line:
> break
> print line
>
> Type that in by hand, or stick it in a file & run it from a cmdline
> python.exe (which is a Windows console program). Under Win95 the process
> freezes solid, and even trying to close the DOS box doesn't work. You have
> to bring up the task manager and kill it that way. I once traced this under
Point on the curve: This program works perfectly on my
machine running NT.
> libc pipes ares as flaky as libc popen under Windows, Jim! MarkH has the
> only versions of these things that come close to working under Windows (he
> wraps the native Win32 spellings of these things; MS's libc entry points
> (which Python uses now) are much worse).
I believe you when you say popen() is flakey. It is a little
harder to believe it is not possible to write a _popen()
replacement using pipes which works.
Of course I wanted you to do it instead of me! Well, if
I get any time before 1.6 comes out...
JimA
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