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Jules
Jules

Reputation: 14510

Trying to send an EOF signal (Ctrl+D) signal using Python via Popen()

I'm trying to get Python to send the EOF signal (Ctrl+D) via Popen(). Unfortunately, I can't find any kind of reference for Popen() signals on *nix-like systems. Does anyone here know how to send an EOF signal like this? Also, is there any reference of acceptable signals to be sent?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 4198

Answers (1)

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This isn't my real name

Reputation: 5029

EOF isn't really a signal that you can raise, it's a per-channel exceptional condition. (Pressing Ctrl+D to signal end of interactive input is actually a function of the terminal driver. When you press this key combination at the beginning of a new line, the terminal driver tells the OS kernel that there's no further input available on the input stream.)

Generally, the correct way to signal EOF on a pipe is to close the write channel. Assuming that you created the Popen object with stdin=PIPE, it looks like you should be able to do this.

Upvotes: 5

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