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Date: Sun, 29 May 2011 03:26:49 -0700
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On Sun, May 29, 2011 at 3:02 AM, TheSaint <nobody@nowhere.net.no> wrote:
> Tim Roberts wrote:
>
>> Are you specifying a buffer size in the Popen command? =C2=A0If not, the=
n the
>> Python side of things is unbuffered
>
> The buffer is as per default. The program reports one line around 1/2 sec=
ond
> time.
> I think I'll look into the option as Nobody states:
>
> =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0p =3D subprocess.Popen(...)
> =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0for line in p.stdout:
> =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0...
> =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0p.wait()
>
> It is strange that would take a for cycle, rather than catching the line =
on-
> the-fly. I can judge it now, I'm going to try it out.

What do you mean by "on-the-fly" in this context?

Cheers,
Chris