Re: Tuning a select() loop for os.popen3()

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Christopher DeMarco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've written a class to provide an interface to popen; I've included > the actual select() loop below. I'm finding that "sometimes" popen'd > processes take "a really long time" to complete and "other times" I > get

Tuning a select() loop for os.popen3()

Hi all... I've written a class to provide an interface to popen; I've included the actual select() loop below. I'm finding that "sometimes" popen'd processes take "a really long time" to complete and "other times" I get incomplete stdout. E.g: - on boxA ffmpeg returns in ~25s; on boxB (compa