Due to an ftp server issue, my python script sometimes hangs whilst downloading, unable to receive any more data. Is there any way that I could have python check, maybe through a thread or something, whether it has hanged (or just, if it's still active after 10 seconds, stop it?). I have looked at threading but there does not seem to be a stop method on threading, which is a problem. Could the lower level thread module be a solution?
I was thinking something like: thread: spawn threaded timer, if it gets to 20, close the thread attempt download of file cancel threaded timer. exit thread. would that work at all? -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
