Re: Newb: Telnet 'cooked data','EOF' queries

2005-08-01 Thread glen
> > Could someone explain what "cooked data" is. > discussed in the telnet RFC, which is in RFC854 telnetlib docstring. > "Cooked" data is data after these special sequences are removed. > >>'when' is an EOF received. > the only EOF in telnet is when the other side closes the socket. Thanks, thats

Re: Newb: Telnet 'cooked data','EOF' queries.

2005-07-31 Thread Jeff Epler
On Sun, Jul 31, 2005 at 01:30:43PM +0100, glen wrote: > Could someone explain what "cooked data" is. The telnet protocol contains special sequences which are interpreted by the telnet client or server program. These are discussed in the telnet RFC, which is RFC854 according to the telnetlib docst

Newb: Telnet 'cooked data','EOF' queries.

2005-07-31 Thread glen
While experimenting with telnetlib, Ive come across a couple of 'features' that confuse me a little (lot!). Could someone explain what "cooked data" is. Also when trying read_all() the program seems to lock up, which I assume is because it is waiting for an EOF, but 'when' is an EOF received. Gle