hmm. this didn't work

Signed-off-by: Jeff Carr <jcarr@wit.com>

random-output/shell.go

@@ -238,3 +238,61 @@ func stdoutExec(prompt string, timeout int) {
 
 	cmd.Wait()
 }
+
+func brokenping(hostname string, count int) {
+	cmdName := "ping " + hostname
+	cmdArgs := strings.Fields(cmdName)
+
+	cmd := exec.Command(cmdArgs[0], cmdArgs[1:len(cmdArgs)]...)
+
+	stdout, _ := cmd.StdoutPipe()
+/*
+	stderr, _ := cmd.StderrPipe()
+	merged := io.MultiReader(stderr, stdout)
+	scanner := bufio.NewScanner(merged)
+*/
+
+	scanner := bufio.NewScanner(stdout)
+
+	cmd.Start()
+
+	f := bufio.NewWriter(os.Stdout)
+
+	for {
+		time.Sleep(100 * time.Millisecond)   // only check the buffer 10 times a second
+		log.Println("sleep done")
+
+		smallbuf := make([]byte, 1024)       // make a 1K buffer. just do this each time so it's empty
+		// stuff, err := stdout.Read(smallbuf)
+		smallbuf = scanner.Bytes()
+		if len(smallbuf) != 0 {
+			log.Println("stuff:", smallbuf)
+			// f.Write([]byte("test \n"))
+			f.Write(smallbuf)
+			f.Flush()
+		}
+/*
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Println("ERROR:", err.Error())
+		}
+*/
+
+/*
+		smallbuf = make([]byte, 1024)        // make a 1K buffer. just do this each time so it's empty
+		log.Println("try stderr")
+		stuff, err = stderr.Read(smallbuf)
+		log.Println("tried stderr")
+		if stuff != 0 {
+			log.Println("stuff:", stuff)
+			f.Write([]byte("test \n"))
+			f.Write(smallbuf)
+			f.Flush()
+		}
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Println("ERROR:", err.Error())
+		}
+*/
+	}
+
+	cmd.Wait()
+}