[Newbies] PipeableOSProcess shell interaction

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On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 2:47 AM, David T. Lewis <lewis at mail.msen.com> wrote:

> On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 10:34:47PM -0700, Sean P. DeNigris wrote:
> > When using PipeableOSProcess as a shell, how can I get feedback on the
> status
> > of the individual commands?
> [snip]
> PipeableOSProcess is designed to be part of CommandShell, so when you use
> it
> directly (rather than using a CommandShell), you need to take care of a few
> details. The important things are to set the output pipe for nonblocking
> reads
> (otherwise you will hang up your VM on a read), and to close pipes when you
> are done using them (otherwise you will "leak" file handles over time).
>
> Dave
>
>
Could the example you gave be implemented using CommandShell? In what
situations would I want to use PipeableOSProcess instead of CommandShell?
-- 
Gary Dunn
Open Slate Project
http://openslate.org/
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