Re: [JSch-users] JSCH .53 return empty strings executing commands on ubuntu

[Tobia C. <tob...@gr...>]

> but read should block until you get data or you reach EOF... it shouldn't return -1 if there might be anymore data...
> as -1 (End Of File) was returned that means that no more data is available.

You are probably right. I'm not that familiar with Java I/O streams' contracts.

> tried it as it is in the example and i still get the same result...
> every once in a while i get nothing back. that is the channel is closed and there is no available stuff to read.

You might want to try executing a command like "sleep 1; echo Hello; sleep 1; echo World" just to rule out any race conditions in your code.

Otherwise, I'll have to defer to the JSch experts here.

Tobia