I'm having a problem in python doing a fork, getting data, then returning it. I'm using a pipe to send the data back, but if a couple processes send the data at the same time, then more than one set of data will be returned at the same time. Is there a way of getting them returned in one at a time? I could always use a temp file, but I'd rather not. I have to use fork also because I'm using some functins that aren't thread safe. ###### code ###### import os, time pipeRead, pipeWrite = os.pipe() processes = 0 for i in xrange(10): pid = os.fork() processes += 1 if pid == 0: os.write(pipeWrite, "write something here") os._exit(0) print os.read(pipeRead, 1024) # wait for all children to finish for i in xrange(processes): os.wait() print "all children done" ###### code ###### -- -Josh -- gentoo-user at gentoo.org mailing list _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota Help beta test TCLUG's potential new home: http://plone.mn-linux.org Got pictures for TCLUG? Beta test http://plone.mn-linux.org/gallery tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list