Describe the bugcubi-tk archive copy hangs for large archived directories
Expected behavior
The hashdeep audit should complete, regardless of its final status.
Additional context
The cause is probably found in the way hashdeep is called from the python code. When there are large number of files & directories that cannot be verified (for example because of restricted permissions), the warning messages swamp stderr, causing the pipe to hang.
If the pipe is removed from the subprocess.Popen call, and wait is used rather than communicate, the problem should disappear.
Describe the bug
cubi-tk archive copyhangs for large archived directoriesExpected behavior The
hashdeepaudit should complete, regardless of its final status.Additional context The cause is probably found in the way
hashdeepis called from the python code. When there are large number of files & directories that cannot be verified (for example because of restricted permissions), the warning messages swampstderr, causing the pipe to hang. If the pipe is removed from thesubprocess.Popencall, andwaitis used rather thancommunicate, the problem should disappear.