Luis P. Mendes wrote:
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> Hi,
>
> I've developed a program that uses a socket to receive information 24h a
> ~ day.
>
> The problem is that the socket seems to freeze. By that I mean the
> program stops getting information but doesn't raise any error.
>
> I tried to solve this by writing the following functions, in order to
> try to start the socket connection again:
>
> def keepAlive(self):
> ~ self.alive = 0
> ~ tnow = time.time()
> ~ if tnow - self.lastTime > 90: # last time got from last string
> received from the socket
> ~ self.alive = 1
>
> def reSocket():
> ~ print "socket has failed", time.strftime('%X', time.localtime())
> ~ time.sleep(60)
> ~ l=GServer() # new instance that contains the socket
>
> reSocket is triggered when self.alive is 1.
>
> But it hasn't solved my problem. These functions have effect only after
> I do a ^C, and even then, the socket doesn't start to acquire new input.
>
> Any clues you can give me about this?
>
Try setting a default timeout on the socket, and if it times out
recontact the other system on a new socket. See socket.setdefaultimeout()
regards
Steve
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