From: Shay Hawkins <gohegdeh@...>
Date: 2010-01-05T01:41:48+09:00
Subject: Re: "Dummy" IO object to push and pull data?

Test program:

# Required support, go to process dir
require("open3.so")
Dir.chdir("..")

# Initiate the process and its streams
command = "********"
inline, outline, errline = Open3.popen3(command)

# Quick function for short timestamps
require("time")
def tstamp(line)
  puts("#{Time.now().to_s().split(" ")[3]}   #{line}")
end

# Read from stderr, thread stdin input
loop do
  tstamp("> Awaiting data...")
  line = errline.gets().strip()
  tstamp("Output: #{line}")

  if(line == "0")
    tstamp("> Received the required line.")

    Thread.new() do
      tstamp("> The thread has been created.")
      sleep(5)

      tstamp("> Time's up! Sending input...")
      inline.puts("EXIT")
      tstamp("> The input has been sent.")
    end
  end
end

Output:

11:35:03   > Awaiting data...
11:35:03   Output: 2
11:35:03   > Awaiting data...
11:35:13   Output: 3
11:35:13   > Awaiting data...
11:35:23   Output: 0
11:35:23   > Received the required line.
11:35:23   > The thread has been created.
11:35:23   > Awaiting data...
11:35:33   Output: 4
11:35:33   > Awaiting data...
11:35:43   Output: 1
11:35:43   > Awaiting data...
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