On May 25, 10:42 am, "kak...@gmail.com" <kak...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi to all, > i'm creating a command line application using asyncore and cmd. At > > if __name__ == '__main__': > import socket > > args = sys.argv[1:] > if not args: > print "Usage: %s querystring" % sys.argv[0] > sys.exit(0) > > address = ('localhost', 0) # let the kernel give us a port > server = EchoServer(address) > ip, port = server.address # find out what port we were given > > asyncore.loop() > CmdClass().cmdloop() > > what i want is that the above commands asyncore.loop() and > CmdClass().cmdloop() > running at the same time. Meaning that while the application is in cmd > mode > with the cmdloop(), it is still able to listen for incoming messages? > What should i do? > > thanks in advance > A.K.
cmd.Cmd is blocking, so the only way it to run the cmdloop in a separated thread. Once for fun I rewrote the cmd module to be non-blocking but if you want to stick with the standard library you need to use a thread. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list