import fcntl import os def non_block_read(output): if output.closed: return b'' fd = output.fileno() fl = fcntl.fcntl(fd, fcntl.F_GETFL) fcntl.fcntl(fd, fcntl.F_SETFL, fl | os.O_NONBLOCK) try: return output.read() except: return b'' def non_block_peek(output): if output.closed: return b'' fd = output.fileno() fl = fcntl.fcntl(fd, fcntl.F_GETFL) fcntl.fcntl(fd, fcntl.F_SETFL, fl | os.O_NONBLOCK) try: return output.peek() except: return b''