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doc: stdout blocking or non-blocking behaviour

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Makes clear that the behaviour of stdout is blocking
in Linux/Unix even when they refer to pipes.
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Pedro Ballesteros 2014-02-17 16:22:05 +01:00 committed by Timothy J Fontaine
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@ -125,9 +125,13 @@ Example: the definition of `console.log`
};
`process.stderr` and `process.stdout` are unlike other streams in Node in
that writes to them are usually blocking. They are blocking in the case
that they refer to regular files or TTY file descriptors. In the case they
refer to pipes, they are non-blocking like other streams.
that writes to them are usually blocking.
- They are blocking in the case that they refer to regular files or TTY file
descriptors.
- In the case they refer to pipes:
- They are blocking in Linux/Unix.
- They are non-blocking like other streams in Windows.
To check if Node is being run in a TTY context, read the `isTTY` property
on `process.stderr`, `process.stdout`, or `process.stdin`:
@ -149,9 +153,13 @@ See [the tty docs](tty.html#tty_tty) for more information.
A writable stream to stderr.
`process.stderr` and `process.stdout` are unlike other streams in Node in
that writes to them are usually blocking. They are blocking in the case
that they refer to regular files or TTY file descriptors. In the case they
refer to pipes, they are non-blocking like other streams.
that writes to them are usually blocking.
- They are blocking in the case that they refer to regular files or TTY file
descriptors.
- In the case they refer to pipes:
- They are blocking in Linux/Unix.
- They are non-blocking like other streams in Windows.
## process.stdin