QProcess - read from stdout lively

[dotjan]

Hi, I am using using the following code to successfully collect the stout of the program I run with QProcess.

QProcess *Process = new QProcess;
        Process->start(program, args);
 
        Process->waitForFinished();
 
        QTextStream rsyncStdoutStream(rsyncProcess->readAllStandardOutput());
        while (true)
        {
            QString line = rsyncStdoutStream.readLine();
            if (line.isNull())
                break;
            else
                newFiles.append(line);
        }

QProcess *Process = new QProcess;
        Process->start(program, args);

        Process->waitForFinished();

        QTextStream rsyncStdoutStream(rsyncProcess->readAllStandardOutput());
        while (true)
        {
            QString line = rsyncStdoutStream.readLine();
            if (line.isNull())
                break;
            else
                newFiles.append(line);
        }

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The problem is that with this code the output is actually collected once the program is finished, so I do not have "live" access to it, which is actually what I am looking for (I would need this for other purpose). Simply not using the waitForFinished() function makes my program to crash.

i thought that using the QProcess::readyReadStandardOutput signal could be a solution, but AFAIK this would need to call a SLOT and with this it is not possible to return any value, which is my need. So I am a bit stuck at this point..

Thanks,
Jan