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| From | Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> |
|---|---|
| Subject | Re: Possible File iteration bug |
| Date | 2011-07-14 16:43 -0400 |
| References | <ivnh2f$rdc$1@speranza.aioe.org> |
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.python |
| Message-ID | <mailman.1037.1310676208.1164.python-list@python.org> (permalink) |
On 7/14/2011 3:46 PM, Billy Mays wrote:
> I noticed that if a file is being continuously written to, the file
> generator does not notice it:
Because it does not look, as Ian explained.
> def getLines(f):
> lines = []
> for line in f:
> lines.append(line)
> return lines
This nearly duplicates .readlines, except for using f an an iterator.
Try the following (untested):
with open('/var/log/syslog', 'rb') as f:
lines = f.readlines()
# do some processing with lines
# /var/log/syslog gets updated in the mean time
lines = f.readlines()
People regularly do things like this with readline, so it is possible.
If above does not work, try (untested):
def getlines(f):
lines = []
while True:
l = f.readline()
if l: lines.append(l)
else: return lines
--
Terry Jan Reedy
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Possible File iteration bug Billy Mays <noway@nohow.com> - 2011-07-14 15:46 -0400
Re: Possible File iteration bug Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2011-07-14 14:00 -0600
Re: Possible File iteration bug Billy Mays <noway@nohow.com> - 2011-07-14 16:15 -0400
Re: Possible File iteration bug Hrvoje Niksic <hniksic@xemacs.org> - 2011-07-14 22:39 +0200
Re: Possible File iteration bug Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2011-07-14 16:43 -0400
Re: Possible File iteration bug "bruno.desthuilliers@gmail.com" <bruno.desthuilliers@gmail.com> - 2011-07-15 01:01 -0700
Re: Possible File iteration bug Billy Mays <noway@nohow.com> - 2011-07-15 08:26 -0400
Re: Possible File iteration bug Thomas Rachel <nutznetz-0c1b6768-bfa9-48d5-a470-7603bd3aa915@spamschutz.glglgl.de> - 2011-07-15 16:21 +0200
Re: Possible File iteration bug Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2011-07-15 17:45 -0400
Re: Possible File iteration bug Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2011-07-16 13:42 +1000
Re: Possible File iteration bug Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2011-07-16 14:07 +1000
Re: Possible File iteration bug Cameron Simpson <cs@zip.com.au> - 2011-07-17 09:28 +1000
Re: Possible File iteration bug Thomas Rachel <nutznetz-0c1b6768-bfa9-48d5-a470-7603bd3aa915@spamschutz.glglgl.de> - 2011-07-17 09:26 +0200
Re: Possible File iteration bug Thomas Rachel <nutznetz-0c1b6768-bfa9-48d5-a470-7603bd3aa915@spamschutz.glglgl.de> - 2011-07-15 14:39 +0200
Re: Possible File iteration bug Billy Mays <noway@nohow.com> - 2011-07-15 08:52 -0400
Re: Possible File iteration bug Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2011-07-15 22:58 +1000
Re: Possible File iteration bug Thomas Rachel <nutznetz-0c1b6768-bfa9-48d5-a470-7603bd3aa915@spamschutz.glglgl.de> - 2011-07-15 16:28 +0200
Re: Possible File iteration bug Billy Mays <81282ed9a88799d21e77957df2d84bd6514d9af6@myhashismyemail.com> - 2011-07-15 10:42 -0400
Re: Possible File iteration bug Thomas Rachel <nutznetz-0c1b6768-bfa9-48d5-a470-7603bd3aa915@spamschutz.glglgl.de> - 2011-07-15 22:46 +0200
Re: Possible File iteration bug Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> - 2011-07-15 14:20 -0700
Re: Possible File iteration bug Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2011-07-15 17:47 -0400
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