Sorry, I should've specified - I'm familiar with sockets, but I was referring to spawning a 'vi' process independent of my Python app..
Carl wrote: > D wrote: > > > Thanks, Jean-Paul - is there any way to do it without using Twisted, > > since I am not very familiar with it? (i.e. just using the os library) > > Thanks. > > > > Jean-Paul Calderone wrote: > >> On 1 Jun 2006 07:34:23 -0700, D <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> >Hello, I need to write a server program that performs the following > >> >tasks: > >> > > >> >1) Listens on TCP port 5555 for a connection > >> >2) When client connects, launches application (for example, vi), then > >> >closes connection with client > >> >3) Goes back to listening on TCP port 5555 for an incoming connection > >> > >> Untested: > >> > >> from twisted.internet import protocol, reactor > >> > >> class ViRunner(protocol.Protocol): > >> def connectionMade(self): > >> reactor.spawnProcess( > >> None, > >> '/usr/bin/setsid', > >> ['setsid', '/usr/bin/vi']) > >> self.transport.loseConnection() > >> > >> f = protocol.ServerFactory() > >> f.protocol = ViRunner > >> reactor.listenTCP(5555, f) > >> reactor.run() > >> > >> Jean-Paul > > Use import socket ifyou don't want to use twisted (which is incredibly > good). Google for "+socket +python +server" and you will find what you are > looking for. > > See, for example, > http://floppsie.comp.glam.ac.uk/Glamorgan/gaius/wireless/5.html > > Carl -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
