how to get the output of a non-stop process?

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    how to get the output of a non-stop process?

    i use popen to get the output of this command:
    tail -f /var/log/kern.log

    I use a while loop and fgets (to get the output)
    the process is running and will not stop. other process cannot run and others hang!

    how to solve this?

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    while( !feof( filePointer ) )
    fgets(buff, 500, filePointer);

    ...Should work.

    else you could do:

    while(fgets(buff, 500, filePointer) != NULL)
    //do something

    ..or simply:
    while(fgets(buff, 500, filePointer) )

    if that still doesn't work, be sure (A) the file is a text file, and (B) you opened it in text mode, ie: "r".
    Code:
    int main(void){srand(time(0));for(double l=rand(),l0=0,l00=0;;l0+=0.1){for(double l000=0;l000
    <1;l000+=.001,l+=((double)rand()/RAND_MAX)/0x64,l00+=((sin(l*0x8*atan(l0)*l000-(l0*0x8*atan
    (l)))*0.5)+0.5)){l00-=floor(l00);for(size_t l0000=0,l00000=(size_t)(0x50*(l00));l0000<l00000;++l0000
    )putchar(0x20);putchar(0x61+(int)((double)rand()/RAND_MAX*0x1a));putchar('\n');}}return 0;}

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