Problems with sys.stout.flush()

[Peter Otten]

Joel Ross wrote:

> class progress:
> 
>      def progressbar(self, number, total,  char):
> 
>          percentage = float(number*100)/total
>          percentage = int(round(percentage))
>          percentage = int(100 - percentage)
>          self.f=sys.stdout
>          if percentage > 0:
>              char = char * percentage

Carl probably overlooked that you didn't follow his advice. If you want to 
overwrite the current line you have to send a "\r" to the terminal. Change

>              self.f.write(char)

to
               self.f.write("\r" + char)

>              self.f.flush()
>              sleep(0.2)