On Sun, Jul 18, 2004 at 12:04:34PM -0500, Josh Close wrote: > I'm having a problem in python doing a fork, getting data, then > returning it. I'm using a pipe to send the data back, but if a couple > processes send the data at the same time, then more than one set of > data will be returned at the same time. I don't know python, but it must have semaphores or mutexes. It sounds like that's what you need. Have each child wait on a mutex before writing, then release it when done. -Steve _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota Help beta test TCLUG's potential new home: http://plone.mn-linux.org Got pictures for TCLUG? Beta test http://plone.mn-linux.org/gallery tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list