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+# a demo for parent/child over pipes
+
+import sys
+from popen2 import popen3
+from Rpyc import PipeConnection
+
+cout, cin, cerr = popen3("python pipe-child.py")
+conn = PipeConnection(cout, cin)
+
+try:
+ while True:
+ conn.serve()
+except EOFError:
+ print "goodbye child"
+
+print sys.path[-1]
+