stdout and redirection (win NT)

[Dirck Blaskey]

Craig Findlay <craigf at ilid.com.au> wrote in message
news:3npddssd9fksp73pkor1tl3m0mqvg672tm at 4ax.com...
> ... I type:
> test.py > c:\myfile.txt
>
> I expect the file myfile.txt to contain the redirected output from the
> python script. Instead, myfile.txt exists but is empty.
>
> What is happening?

NT cmd.exe has a bug in the redirector.
Attached is a python fix that uses alternative piping syntax.





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