On Nov 14, 11:55 pm, MRAB <pyt...@mrabarnett.plus.com> wrote: > On 14/11/2010 14:48, ton ph wrote:> Hi python geeks, > > I have problem which i have been trying to find out for the past > > some days, i have a device which feeds info to my fifo continuosly, and > > a thread of mine reads the > > fifo continuosly. Now when i change a parameter in the device, it sends > > me different values. Now my problem is that , i want to get rid of the > > contents of my previous info which > > is present in my buffer of the fifo.So i want to flush the fifo content > > when my device starts sending different info .... i am implementing > > writing and reading the fifo using two different threads. > > Please someone guide me solving my problem. > > I highly apologise everyone in case my post is not so clear... > > Thanks everyone in advance. > > When the info changes, the thread which is putting items into the fifo > could flush it just by getting items from it (using a non-blocking get) > until it's empty.
Hi Mrab, Thanks for your immediate reply , can you please guide me with any tool or library function which i can flush my fifo content .. i use os.mkfifo() to make the fifo. Or is there any other way i could do this ... Thanks -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
