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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Output of child processes
From:       Bernd Gehrmann <bernd () physik ! hu-berlin ! de>
Date:       1999-08-04 20:52:46
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When I process the output of child processes - whether
find or cvs - their output seems to come in large chunks 
instead of line by line which would be preferable for
a user interface. This is independent from the method
by which I use them - it occurs with popen() as well as
with KProcess. I suspect (but I'm not sure) that the libc 
of these programs recognizes that it's not connected with 
a terminal and therefore prefers to buffer its output. Is 
that really the problem? If yes, how can I avoid that?

Bernd.

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