Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] File Sink open/close question

[Tom Rondeau]

On Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 4:18 AM, Hanz <address@hidden> wrote:

Hi!
Im using a message queue to count data, while the data is sinked to a file.
Then if the counter reaches X i want the old file to be closed and continue
sinking in a new file. Then again if reaches X to switch to the old file. So
my bottom part code looks like that:

tb = top_block()
        tb.start()
        a=0

        while 1:
                if tb.sink_queue.count()>X:
                        tb.gr_file_sink_0.close()
                        tb.sink_queue.flush()
                        if a==0:
                                tb.gr_file_sink_0.open("PLACE_TO_SAVE\two")
                                a=1
                        else:
                                tb.gr_file_sink_0.open("PLACE_TO_SAVE\one")
                                a=0

Right now, it simply closes the first file, but does not begin with the
second one. Can anyone help me with that? Thanks in advance

Hanz,

This shouldn't make any difference, but the file_sink's 'open' function also closes any previously opened files. Try removing your call to 'close' and just rely on the open to close it, reopen the new file, and then when the work is called the next time, it will run 'do_update' to set up the handles properly.

Also, you can try throwing in some debug prints to make sure both paths are actually being called properly.

Tom