Trying to fix bug with fifo and network players

[progcomp2013.git] / qchess / qchess.py

diff --git a/qchess/qchess.py b/qchess/qchess.py
index da4cab7..1dd8691 100755 (executable)
--- a/qchess/qchess.py
+++ b/qchess/qchess.py
@@ -722,7 +722,15 @@ class FifoPlayer(Player):
                Player.__init__(self, name, colour)
                os.mkfifo(self.name+".in")
                os.mkfifo(self.name+".out")
-               
+
+               try:
+                       self.fifo_out = open_fifo(self.name+".out","w", FifoPlayer.timeout)
+               except:
+                       raise Exception("FIFO_TIMEOUT")
+               else:
+                       self.fifo_out.write("START "+colour+"\n")
+                       self.fifo_out.close()
+
                
                
                
@@ -2995,4 +3003,4 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
                
 
 # --- main.py --- #
-# EOF - created from make on Thursday 20 June  18:09:07 WST 2013
+# EOF - created from make on Friday 21 June  18:15:14 WST 2013