Cleaning up read/monitor/interrupt.

Now you don't need to specify a default read count.

Now, by default, we print the pid out in sendCmd() which allows us
to snarf it later and set lastPid correctly.

Now, we wrap os.kill() in a try block, so that if the process is
already gone we don't get an exception.

mininet/node.py

@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ def cleanup( self ):
         self.shell = None
 
     # Subshell I/O, commands and control
-    def read( self, bytes ):
+    def read( self, bytes=1024 ):
         """Buffered read from node, non-blocking.
            bytes: maximum number of bytes to return"""
         count = len( self.readbuf )
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ def waitReadable( self ):
         if len( self.readbuf ) == 0:
             self.pollOut.poll()
 
-    def sendCmd( self, cmd, printPid=False ):
+    def sendCmd( self, cmd, printPid=True ):
         """Send a command, followed by a command to echo a sentinel,
            and return without waiting for the command to complete."""
         assert not self.waiting
@@ -175,7 +175,10 @@ def sendCmd( self, cmd, printPid=False ):
     def sendInt( self, sig=signal.SIGINT ):
         "Interrupt running command."
         if self.lastPid:
-            os.kill( self.lastPid, sig )
+            try:
+                os.kill( self.lastPid, sig )
+            except e, Exception:
+                pass
 
     def monitor( self ):
         """Monitor and return the output of a command.