Stop script, EOFError: EOF when reading a line

Question

I run a script that executes multiple processes, that are executed in different classes. The processes do not end unless the user asks for it. So in the main class I decided to create a process that will exit() the script, I supposed this will kill all the processes too. This is the main.py class.

def finishTest(): end = "notexit" while end != "exit": end = input("To finish the test type 'exit'") exit() if __name__ == '__main__': fT = Process (target=finishTest) fT.start() #this are functions of this class that call functions from other classes that run the other processes. askTest() execTest()

When I execute the main.py the following error appears,

Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/python3.7/multiprocessing/process.py", line 297, in _bootstrap self.run() File "/usr/lib/python3.7/multiprocessing/process.py", line 99, in run self._target(*self._args, **self._kwargs) File "execution.py", line 20, in finishTest exit = input("To finish the test type 'exit'") EOFError: EOF when reading a line

How do I correct this error? Isn't it this a correct way to stop a script and all the processes being executed by the script?

Thank you all!

First of all you should think about renaming your exit variable (as exit is a pre-existing function), second, I don't think the issue is in the function you shared here (finishTest()) - just tried running it alone and aside from an error on the exit function it works fine — Jessica Chambers
– Jessica Chambers, Commented Mar 14, 2019 at 9:26
@DirtyBit if the user types "exit" in the prompt, then exit will be set to "exit" — Jessica Chambers
– Jessica Chambers, Commented Mar 14, 2019 at 9:27
@JessicaChambers Nope, it would throw an error: exit() TypeError: 'str' object is not callable — DirtyBit
– DirtyBit, Commented Mar 14, 2019 at 9:28
Because the variable name is the same as the function name, hence my comment about renaming the variable. In either case I don't recieve the EOF error — Jessica Chambers
– Jessica Chambers, Commented Mar 14, 2019 at 9:29
with some tweaks I have this which runs error free: ``` my_exit = "notexit" while my_exit != "exit": my_exit = input("To finish the test type 'exit'") print("bye bye!") ``` — Jessica Chambers
– Jessica Chambers, Commented Mar 14, 2019 at 9:29

DirtyBit · Accepted Answer · 2019-03-14 09:41:07Z

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Change the variable exit name and try putting it in a try-except block:

def finishTest(): ex = "notexit" while ex != "exit": try: ex = input("To finish the test type 'exit'") except EOFError: pass exit()

OUTPUT:

To finish the test type 'exit'hey To finish the test type 'exit'okay To finish the test type 'exit'bye To finish the test type 'exit'exit Process finished with exit code 0

edited Mar 14, 2019 at 9:41

answered Mar 14, 2019 at 9:31

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8 Comments

Nkolot Over a year ago

This corrects the EOFError but logically executes an infinite loop. I get out the print message out of the while loop, it seems that works fine but the script doesn't stop.

DirtyBit Over a year ago

@Nkolot It does not, added a sample output.

Nkolot Over a year ago

I get out the print message out of the while loop, it seems that works fine but the script doesn't stop.

DirtyBit Over a year ago

Which script does not stop? What do you get?

Nkolot Over a year ago

Thank you for your help, I will look it and stake out the way to finish the processes.

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