[ python-Bugs-897935 ] pty.spawn() leaks file descriptors

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Bugs item #897935, was opened at 2004-02-16 19:28
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Category: Python Library
Group: Python 2.3
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: James Henstridge (jhenstridge)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: pty.spawn() leaks file descriptors

Initial Comment:
By running the following short program on Linux, you
can see the number of open file descriptors increase:
    import os, pty
    for i in range(10):
        pty.spawn(['true'])
        print len(os.listdir('/proc/%d/fd' % os.getpid()))

This can be fixed by os.close()'ing master_fd.  This
problem seems to exist in CVS head as well as 2.3.

There are also a few changes that would be nice to see
in pty.spawn:

1) get the exit status of the child.  Could be fixed by
adding the following to the end of the function:
    pid, status = os.waitpid(pid, 0)
    return status

2) set master_fd to non-blocking mode, so that the
output is printed to the screen at the speed it is
produced by the child.

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