On Sep 8, 10:06 am, Benjamin Kaplan <benjamin.kap...@case.edu> wrote: > On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 12:59 PM, cerr <ron.egg...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > > I'm trying to create a listening socket connection on port 1514. > > I tried to follow the documentation at: > >http://docs.python.org/release/2.5.2/lib/socket-example.html > > and came up with following lines: > > import socket > > > host = '' # Symbolic name meaning all available > > interfaces > > port = 1514 # Arbitrary non-privileged port > > s = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM) > > s.bind((host, port)) > > s.listen(1) > > conn, addr = s.accept() > > print 'Connected by', addr > > while 1: > > data = conn.recv(1024) > > if not data: break > > conn.send(data) > > conn.close() > > but that is not working, i'm getting this: > > import: unable to open X server `' @ error/import.c/ImportImageCommand/ > > 362. > > ./sockettest.py: line 4: host: command not found > > ./sockettest.py: line 5: port: command not found > > ./sockettest.py: line 6: syntax error near unexpected token `(' > > ./sockettest.py: line 6: `s = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, > > socket.SOCK_STREAM)' > > > now why would it try to open an x server??? :o > > -- > > Because it's not executing it as a Python program. It's trying to > execute it as a shell script. If you want to run a script as a Python > program, either call the interpreter directly > python sockettest.py > > or include a Shebang line as the first line of the file that tells the > computer what interpreter to use > #!/usr/bin/env python > > The file extension itself is meaningless to a Unix shell- it's just a > part of the file name.
hoops right... heh, thanks... :$ clearly doing too many things at the same time... -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
