Emin.shopper Martinian.shopper wrote:
> Is there a good way to choose/assign random dynamic port numbers in python?
>
> I had in mind something like the following, but if multiple programs are
> generating random port numbers, is there a way to check if a given port
> number is already taken?
>
> def GenerateDynamicPortNumber():
> "Generate a random dynamic port number and return it."
> # port numbers between 49152 to 65535 are dynamic port numbers
> return 49152 + random.randrange(15000)
def GenerateDynamicPortNumber():
return 0
(to get the actual number, use getsockname() on the socket after you've
called "bind" on it)
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