Hi,
> On May 24, 9:48 am, Tartifola <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > suppose a script of python is waiting for a file from the stdin and none > > is given. How can I make the script to stop and, for example, print an > > error message? > > > > Sorry for the n00b question and thanks > > I'm not exactly sure what you mean. This assumes that you intended the > contents of the file be piped in from the command line. > [code] > import sys > > if sys.stdin.isatty(): > print >>sys.stderr, "expected input from stdin" > sys.exit(1) That's exactly what I was looking for. I did not know about isatty() thanks -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
