[Python-bugs-list] [ python-Bugs-550409 ] What does os.read() return on EOF?

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Bugs item #550409, was opened at 2002-04-29 22:21
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Category: Documentation
Group: Python 2.2.1 candidate
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Noah Spurrier (noah)
Assigned to: Fred L. Drake, Jr. (fdrake)
>Summary: What does os.read() return on EOF?

Initial Comment:
You may want to note that os.read() returns 
(apparently) an empty string on EOF. This appears to 
be true of regular files and of file descriptor 
returned by pty.fork().

Yours,
Noah

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