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dft_tools/pytriqs/utility/redirect.py
Olivier Parcollet f2c7d449cc First commit : triqs libs version 1.0 alpha1
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2013-07-17 19:24:07 +02:00

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import threading, time, sys, os, fcntl
__all__ = ['start_redirect', 'stop_redirect']
# A thread that will redirect the c++ stdout to the ipython notebook
class T(threading.Thread):
def __init__(self):
threading.Thread.__init__(self)
self.go_on = True
# copy the c++ stdout handler for later
self.oldhandle = os.dup(1)
def stop(self):
self.go_on = False
def run(self):
# create a pipe and glue the c++ stdout to its write end
# make the read end non-blocking
piper, pipew = os.pipe()
os.dup2(pipew, 1)
os.close(pipew)
fcntl.fcntl(piper,fcntl.F_SETFL,os.O_NONBLOCK)
while self.go_on:
# give the system 1 second to fill up the pipe
time.sleep(1)
try:
# read out the pipe and write it to the screen
# if the pipe was empty it return an error (hence the try-except)
sys.stdout.write(os.read(piper, 10000))
sys.stdout.flush()
except:
pass
# when we want to stop the thread put back the c++ stdout where it was
# clear the pipe
os.dup2(self.oldhandle, 1)
os.close(piper)
return
# flag to know if the thread was started
started = False
# start the redirection
def start_redirect():
global started
global a
if started:
print "Already redirected c++ output"
else:
started = True
# start a new redirection thread
a = T()
a.start()
# stop the redirection
def stop_redirect():
global started
global a
if started:
started = False
a.stop()