Hi David, OK, I tried to reproduce this problem with the latest release and it worked every time. How many tries do I need? Also, what version are you using for this test. I know there were several bugs corrected in this code path in a 3.x release. Andy On Wed, 17 Jun 2015, smithdh wrote: > (I don't know how to attach a source file in github): > > #include <XrdClient/XrdClient.hh> > #include <stdio.h> > #include <unistd.h> > #include <sys/types.h> > #include <sys/stat.h> > #include <fcntl.h> > #include <errno.h> > > int main() > { > XrdClient *xrd = new XrdClient("root://xroot.example.com//path/non_empty_file"); > > if (!xrd) { > fprintf(stderr, "Could not make an XrdClient\n"); > return 1; > } > > bool bret = xrd->Open(0, kXR_open_read, false); > > if (!bret) { > fprintf(stderr, "Could not open file\n"); > return 1; > } > > FILE *stream = popen("/bin/true", "r"); > > if (!stream) { > fprintf(stderr, "Could not popen\n"); > return 1; > } > > pclose(stream); > > int rlen = 1; > long long off =0; > char buf[1]; > int iret = xrd->Read(buf, off, rlen); > > if (iret != 1) { > fprintf(stderr, "Unexpected return value from Read\n"); > return 1; > } > > xrd->Close(); > delete xrd; > > return 0; > } > > --- > Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub: > https://github.com/xrootd/xrootd/issues/244#issuecomment-112862286 --- Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub: https://github.com/xrootd/xrootd/issues/244#issuecomment-113319897 ######################################################################## Use REPLY-ALL to reply to list To unsubscribe from the XROOTD-DEV list, click the following link: https://listserv.slac.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=XROOTD-DEV&A=1