Josh Close wrote: >I'm having a problem in python doing a fork, getting data, then >returning it. I'm using a pipe to send the data back, but if a couple >processes send the data at the same time, then more than one set of >data will be returned at the same time. > >Is there a way of getting them returned in one at a time? I could >always use a temp file, but I'd rather not. I have to use fork also >because I'm using some functins that aren't thread safe. > >###### code ###### > >import os, time > >pipeRead, pipeWrite = os.pipe() > >processes = 0 >for i in xrange(10): > pid = os.fork() > processes += 1 > if pid == 0: > os.write(pipeWrite, "write something here") > os._exit(0) > >print os.read(pipeRead, 1024) > ># wait for all children to finish >for i in xrange(processes): > os.wait() > >print "all children done" > >###### code ###### > > > I would consider using sockets rather than pipes. Tom Veldhouse -- gentoo-user at gentoo.org mailing list _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota Help beta test TCLUG's potential new home: http://plone.mn-linux.org Got pictures for TCLUG? Beta test http://plone.mn-linux.org/gallery tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list