#!/usr/bin/env python import os import rdflib import unittest try: import os.fork import os.pipe except ImportError: from nose import SkipTest raise SkipTest('No os.fork() and/or os.pipe() on this platform, skipping') class TestRandomSeedInFork(unittest.TestCase): def test_bnode_id_differs_in_fork(self): """Checks that os.fork()ed child processes produce a different sequence of BNode ids from the parent process. """ r, w = os.pipe() # these are file descriptors, not file objects pid = os.fork() if pid: pb1 = rdflib.term.BNode() os.close(w) # use os.close() to close a file descriptor r = os.fdopen(r) # turn r into a file object txt = r.read() os.waitpid(pid, 0) # make sure the child process gets cleaned up else: os.close(r) w = os.fdopen(w, 'w') cb = rdflib.term.BNode() w.write(cb) w.close() os._exit(0) assert txt != str(pb1), "Parent process BNode id: " + \ "%s, child process BNode id: %s" % ( txt, str(pb1)) if __name__ == "__main__": unittest.main()