Le Mercredi 14 Juin 2006 17:13, [EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit : > # script1.py # > print 'something' > > #script2.py > x=sys.stdin.read() read() will read a file object to the end, i guess you want to use readline() instead or the builtin raw_input.
> print 'passed' > > if I run > script1.py | script2.py > all goes well. This is because when script1.py ends, it will send an 'EOF' char to script2.py, wich terminate the read method. > > But if I run just > script2.py > the program blocks waiting forever for input. here, newlines ('\n'), doesn't terminate the read call, you can stop the read by typing ctrl+d at the beginnning of a new line in a normal unix terminal. -- _____________ Maric Michaud _____________ Aristote - www.aristote.info 3 place des tapis 69004 Lyon Tel: +33 426 880 097 -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list