how do I know when popen() finishes?

[jschmitt at vmlabs.com]

Thanks for the tip.

I thought that with the advent of Python 2.0, this stuff should work
under Windows as well.  In Python 1.5.2 I saw this disclaimer and the
recommendation of using Python 2.0.  What would you use under Windows
instead?

John
PS email to bragib at my-deja.com bounces.

In article <8s1nn2$4co$1 at nnrp1.deja.com>,
  bragib at my-deja.com wrote:
> John:
>
> Typically I read from popen like this:
> proc = os.popen( 'busyprogram' )
> while 1:
>     line = proc.readline()
>     if line:
>         print line
>     else:
>         break
>
> Bragi
>
> Note that popen is only for UNIX platforms.
>
> In article <8s0gts$767$1 at nnrp1.deja.com>,
>   jschmitt at vmlabs.com wrote:
> > I'm using Python 2.0b2 on Wind2000.
> >
> > If I do something like
> >
> > import os
> > f = os.popen( 'busyprogram' )
> >
> > how do I retrieve all the output that busyprogram produces when
> > busyprogram finishes?  Do I busy wait on f.read(), ie, wait for end
of
> > file?  Does f.close() do the same thing as pclose(f)?
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > John
> >
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