Capturing Extension output (newbie)

[Moshe Zadka]

On Wed, 7 Jun 2000, Jeff wrote:

> Hi, I am trying to use python to extend some C functions someone wrote long
> ago.  In all the examples I have seen on the web and in tutorials, none of
> them use anything like "printf" !!  How can I get python to capture stuff
> that the C function sends to STDOUT???

Dup file descriptor 1 into the writing end of a pipe, and read from the
reading end.

Read documentation about:
os.pipe
os.dup2

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