X-Git-Url: https://git.ucc.asn.au/?p=progcomp2013.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=qchess%2Fqchess.py;h=1dd8691002816907f2fb979b0ed015a46ff08fc9;hp=da4cab7d8b2e2bb37cb10010c5682af3a21f7bab;hb=1da52d4a75c75ddff22f3a67a2c06875b335e601;hpb=0138f6b08b7a7f364caf1f7ec6a9a26cf2684dfb

diff --git a/qchess/qchess.py b/qchess/qchess.py
index da4cab7..1dd8691 100755
--- 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