Re: Lost process output in pipe between Emacs and CVS

[Derek Robert Price]

kevin wang wrote:

> This may sound silly, but as a temporary workaround, can't you:
>
> CVS_RSH=ssh cvs diff >tmp.diff 2>tmp.diff 
>
> that ought to open the file twice as separate file descriptors.
> The downside is that I/O is now unsynchronized, and lines may be inserted
> in the middle of other lines, but nothing should get lost at least.
> switching to line buffering should eliminate most of that problem.
>
> this assumes, of course, that is what you're trying to do. There are
> other possibilities that you can't control, I know, and doesn't solve
> the real problem.  
>  

I think it's: `rm tmp.diff; CVS_RSH=ssh cvs diff >>tmp.diff 
2>>tmp.diff', but that might work.

> thanks for taking the time to detail the issues; I can't seem to find
> the first part of the thread; did it come from another mailing list? or
> am I just being blind?
>  

I picked it up on bug-cvs@gnu.org and there's at least one more list in 
the header of this message.  Don't know which list you picked it up on 
but I think both bug-cvs and the emacs list have been in there since the 
start of this thread.

Derek

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