[Buildbot-devel] talking to a ShellCommand spawn

[Ian Zimmerman]

Daniel Eggert wrote:
> On Dec 16, 2008, at 11:08 AM, Ian Zimmerman wrote:
> 
>> I need to get some information from the program being run in a
>> ShellCommand, while it is in progress.  Simplifying slightly from the
>> full horrifying truth, the information is needed for my modified
>> slave.commands.ShellCommand.kill() which cleans up after the program.

> You might want to look into section 6.1.9.3 "Adding LogObserver" in the 
> buildbot manual.
> 
> A LogObserver can parse a step's output as it is produced.

That's indeed very close to what i am looking for.  Many thanks!

i