[REBOL] Re: Reading from stdi - what am I doing wrong?!
From: agem:crosswinds at: 14-Jul-2001 0:17
RE: [REBOL] Re: Reading from stdi - what am I doing wrong?!
[chris--starforge--co--uk] wrote:
> On 13-Jul-01, Paul Tretter wrote:
>
> > I would like to see more of the script. Anytime I ever use ports - I stay
> > away from read-io and write-io.
>
> Sending the whole script would compromise my site security, but these two
> demonstrate the important parts:
>
> ------------
>
> #!/path/to/rebol
>
> REBOL []
>
> buffer: make string! 50000
> read-io system/ports/input buffer 50000
>
> write %robot.out buffer
>
> -------------
> or
> ----------
>
> #!/path/to/rebol
>
> REBOL []
>
> write %robot.out copy system/ports/input
>
> -------------
>
> The top version works fine, until I send a large email in which case only
> part of it is obtained. The second version works for any size email except that
> I end up with
vague remembering
read-io does not wait
it returns 0 if there is no more data, lenght otherwise
something like
buffer: make string! 100000
until[ wait port 0 = read-io port tail buffer 100000]
could work.
> {To: [address--starforge--co--uk]}{from: [chris--starforge--co--uk]}{Date: .....}{body
> of the email}
>
> in buffer. I haven't tested the scripts with large mails locally, but I
> guess the problem with the read-io version is that it's not waiting for all
> the email to come in. The copy would work fine, if it gave me the email as
> one big strings with newlines intact...
>
> Chris
-Volker
