common = require("../common"); assert = common.assert var spawn = require('child_process').spawn; var SIZE = 1000 * 1024; var N = 40; var finished = false; function doSpawn (i) { var child = spawn( 'python', ['-c', 'print ' + SIZE + ' * "C"']); var count = 0; child.stdout.setEncoding('ascii'); child.stdout.addListener("data", function (chunk) { count += chunk.length; }); child.stderr.addListener("data", function (chunk) { console.log('stderr: ' + chunk); }); child.addListener("exit", function () { assert.equal(SIZE + 1, count); // + 1 for \n if (i < N) { doSpawn(i+1); } else { finished = true; } }); } doSpawn(0); process.addListener("exit", function () { assert.ok(finished); });