Mail Archives: cygwin/2003/04/03/21:47:15
Steven,
Perhaps because your program isn't the only one buffering its stdout...
Has it occurred to you that "cat" might too?
Igor
On Thu, 3 Apr 2003, Steven Kilby wrote:
> Randall,
>
> Thanks for the response. No, I am not sure that Emacs uses pipes
> instead of ptys. I'll have to look at that. I was testing with the
> cygwin character emacs. What you said makes sense but I have one more
> question. I modified the code by inserting a call to fflush between the
> printf's. I would have thought this would force the first printf to
> display immediately but this did not happen. Can you help me understand
> why?
>
> Thanks
> Steven
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Randall R Schulz [mailto:rrschulz AT cris DOT com]
> Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2003 4:41 PM
> To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
> Subject: Re: Pipe behavior
>
> Steven,
>
> At 16:28 2003-04-03, you wrote:
> >Hello,
> >
> >I have a question about pipe behavior. I wrote a simple program that
> >does a printf, sleeps for 5 seconds and then another printf. If I run
> >the program with the following way: $ ./simple | cat The output is
> >delayed until the program finished. I guessed that the pipe is
> >buffered and doesn't flush until it is closed when the program ends.
> >But then I ran the same program as an emacs subprocess and attached a
> >buffer to it. In this scenario the first printf is displayed, 5 seconds
> >pass and then the second printf is displayed. Emacs also uses pipes so
> >I do not understand why the behavior is different.
>
> Pipes don't buffer in the manner you describe, but the standard I/O
> library does when its output is directed to a pipe or a plain file.
>
> Are you sure that Emacs uses pipes and not ptys (pseudo-ttys)?
>
> Which Emacs are you using? Cygwin or Windows?
>
> >Thanks
> >Steven Kilby
>
> Randall "We don't need no stinkin' disclaimers" Schulz
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