From: ahoward <ahoward@...>
Date: 2002-11-15T10:41:48+09:00
Subject: Re: Problem writing to file after closing $stdout & $stderr

On 14 Nov 2002, Eric Schwartz wrote:

> So I have a program now that starts off tests on remote machines, and
> is supposed to fork itself off, wait for the tests to finish, and
> fetch their logfiles back to the server.
[snip]

perhaps something in the parent is writing to stderr/out?  i ask because this
works fine for me

def close
  $stderr.close
  $stdout.close
  $stdin.close
end

def method
  fork do
    f = File.open 'forkout', 'w'
    f.puts Time.now
    close
    #$stdout.puts 'foobar'
    f.puts Time.now
    f.close
  end
end

method
Process.wait

*unless* i uncomment the line writing to $stdout, in which case i get the
behaviour you define too.

-a



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