Top "Nonblocking" questions

Non-blocking mode I/O either transfers at least one byte or returns immediately with an error or end of stream.

How to read named FIFO non-blockingly?

I create a FIFO, and periodically open it in read-only and non-blockingly mode from a.py: os.mkfifo(cs_cmd_…

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Is there a non-blocking version of MessageBox.Show (or something like it)?

Long-delayed update I'm accepting MUG4N's answer to this question, and I also want to respond to some of the …

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Monitoring file using inotify

I am using inotify to monitor a local file, for example "/root/temp" using inotify_add_watch(fd, "/root/temp", …

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Can SQLAlchemy be configured to be non-blocking?

I'm under the impression that database calls through SQLAlchemy will block and aren't suitable for use in anything other than …

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Read timeout using either urllib2 or any other http library

I have code for reading an url like this: from urllib2 import Request, urlopen req = Request(url) for key, val …

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Thread interrupt not ending blocking call on input stream read

I'm using RXTX to read data from a serial port. The reading is done within a thread spawned in the …

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Node.js vs Async/await in .net

Can someone explain/ redirect me, what is the difference between Node.js's async model(non blocking thread) vs any other …

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SocketCAN continuous reading and writing

I'm writing a program that continuously sends "Hello" to a CAN-bus and reads data from the bus via SocketCAN. I …

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Non-Blocking File IO in Java

I want to write to a named pipe (already created) without blocking on the reader. My reader is another application …

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How can I avoid blocking with Java ServerSocket?

Im working on a socket listener that has to listen on 2 ports for 2 types of data( port 80 and port 81). These …

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