One important point is that I'm reading from a node created by a device. I'm not sure if in this case I should use another functions like for example the ones from GUnixInputStream. What are the differences between GFileInputStream, GMemoryInputStream and GUnixInputStream ? Thank you, On Wed, 2010-05-26 at 11:08 +0200, Iñigo Martínez wrote: > Thank you for your answer Andrew, > > I have tried using smaller buffer size, but without any success. It > still waits until the read has completed. > > Regards, > > On Wed, 2010-05-26 at 12:57 +0400, Andrew E. Makeev wrote: > > I guess, you can't cancel stream reading until BUFSIZ bytes received or > > end of data. > > > > So, the only way to stop reading "ASAP" is smaller BUFSIZ. > > > > В Срд, 26/05/2010 в 10:24 +0200, Iñigo Martínez пишет: > > > Hello: > > > > > > I'm using a GCancellable to be able to cancel a reading process, but > > > it's behaviour is not the one I was expecting. I have this code: > > > > > > cancellable = g_cancellable_new (); > > > file = g_file_new_for_path (path); > > > input_stream = g_file_read (file, cancellable, &error); > > > > > > g_input_stream_read (G_INPUT_STREAM (input_stream), > > > buffer, > > > BUFSIZ, > > > cancellable, &error); > > > > > > g_object_unref (input_stream); > > > g_object_unref (file); > > > g_object_unref (cancellable); > > > > > > And in another thread the cancelling call: > > > > > > g_cancellable_cancel (cancellable); > > > > > > The behaviour I was expecting was that the blocking call > > > g_input_stream_read would be unblocked and would return after calling to > > > g_cancellable_cancel. > > > > > > Actually it waits for g_input_stream_read to finish, so it doesn't > > > really cancel, but g_cancellable is marked as cancelled after that. > > > > > > Is this it's normal behaviour ? > > > If it is, what can I do to cancel a reading process ? > > > > > > Thank you, > > > _______________________________________________ > > > gtk-list mailing list > > > gtk-list@xxxxxxxxx > > > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-list > > _______________________________________________ > gtk-list mailing list > gtk-list@xxxxxxxxx > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-list _______________________________________________ gtk-list mailing list gtk-list@xxxxxxxxx http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-list
