From: Chris <chris@...>
Date: 2002-04-24T11:56:12+09:00
Subject: Re: Data available on a pipe?

In article <3CC5CAAD.2090707@imperitek.com>,
 David Corbin <dcorbin@imperitek.com> wrote:

> I have a pipe.  I would like to read data ( preferably lines) from this 
> pipe, as long as there is data (a line) availble.  I definatively do not 
> wish to block on this.  What's "the ruby way" to do this?

handle = File::popen "some_pipe", "r"
handle.readline
# or...
handle.readlines