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labeneator/broken_pipe_persistent_reader.py

Created January 28, 2014 22:11
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This will fail to read a FIFO if writers disappear
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broken_pipe_persistent_reader.py
while True:
self.logger.info("[Re]starting to read %s" % self.input_file)
with open(self.input_file, "rb") as f:
for line in f:
...do_stuff_with_line...(line)
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