pipe problem on FreeBSD....

[Ng Pheng Siong]

According to Steve Spicklemire  <steve at spvi.com>:
> tryit.py:
> [snipped]
> fails on FreeBSD when invoked thusly:
> 
> pluto.spvi.com> python tryit.py | head -3
> (83d0"@eKBdP5!!!!-m4F"e&*2!GP8I3!!!!!!!!!!!GD,D#@R`!!!!!!!!!!!!!
> !!!!!!!!!!!!+Mj!!!!!!!2rrrrp"8&"-8(PdB5%!Y(r$aE4r`mF!#5KQ!"-ic`!
> #f3d!"lAp(RrP2!!!!!!!!,iF"X"9[CqGcE0IZ3fdcPNc0pZq!aYXRD4GeXSrbYF
> Traceback (innermost last):
>   File "tryit.py", line 12, in ?
>     sys.stdout.write(s)
> IOError: [Errno 32] Broken pipe

Works for me on FreeBSD 2.2.5.

/tmp:$ cat 1.py
#!/usr/bin/env python

import sys
f=open('/etc/sendmail.cf')
while 1:
    s=f.read(1024)
    if not s:
        break
    sys.stdout.write(s)
f.close
/tmp:$ ./1.py | head -3
#
# Copyright (c) 1983, 1995 Eric P. Allman
# Copyright (c) 1988, 1993


Is there anything special with your file 'blah'?



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