Re: mplayerplug-in leaving zombies

Hi,

On Wed, Oct 03, 2007 at 08:48:52AM -0600, Kevin DeKorte wrote:
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> Forest Bond wrote:
> > There is such a property:
> > 
> > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > get_property filename
> > ANS_filename=test.mpg
> > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > 
> > But after the file has finished playing:
> > 
> > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > get_property filename
> > 
> > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> This check is no good, since mplayer does not respond to the command. If
> mplayer gave back
> 
> ANS_filename=
> 
> Then it would be a good check, but a no response is not suitable for me.
> 
> I need something where I can determine reliably from mplayer that
> nothing is loaded. And a non-response is not it.

mplayer does send a response, it's just that the response is a blank line.  This
is not good enough because you read from the sub-process independently of your
writes.  If you were using libexpect [1] (or equivalent), things would be
different.

[1] http://www.tcl.tk/man/expect5.31/libexpect.3.html

-Forest
-- 
Forest Bond
http://www.alittletooquiet.net

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