Re: client server socket interaction (inetd)

2011-02-18 Thread Nobody
On Fri, 18 Feb 2011 07:23:35 -0800, Tim wrote: > When LaTeX encounters a problem it stops processing, asks the user > what to do (like abort/retry, kind-of), and does whatever the user > says. The daemon.py script handles that okay from the command line, > but if I'm understanding you this will be

Re: client server socket interaction (inetd)

2011-02-18 Thread Martin Gregorie
On Fri, 18 Feb 2011 07:23:35 -0800, Tim wrote: > Thanks for helping me to understand. I don't know if you're familiar > with LaTeX, but that's part of what daemon.py calls via subprocess, and > that is the underlying process I wanted the user to be able to interact > with. > I've used nroff but ne

Re: client server socket interaction (inetd)

2011-02-18 Thread Tim
On Feb 17, 6:09 pm, Martin Gregorie wrote: > On Thu, 17 Feb 2011 13:02:08 -0800, Tim wrote: > > But. The server may encounter a problem > > during the process and ask the user for more information like > > 'abort/retry' or something like that. > > Servers never ask the client for information: they

Re: client server socket interaction (inetd)

2011-02-17 Thread Martin Gregorie
On Thu, 17 Feb 2011 13:02:08 -0800, Tim wrote: > But. The server may encounter a problem > during the process and ask the user for more information like > 'abort/retry' or something like that. > Servers never ask the client for information: they are strictly request/ response handlers. To do what

Re: client server socket interaction (inetd)

2011-02-17 Thread Tim
On Feb 17, 2:41 pm, Martin Gregorie wrote: > On Thu, 17 Feb 2011 08:14:36 -0800, Tim wrote: > > Hi, I have an inetd service on freebsd that calls a program (daemon.py) > > with which I want the remote user to communicate.  I can call daemon.py > > from the command line on the host machine and it w

Re: client server socket interaction (inetd)

2011-02-17 Thread bobicanprogram
On Feb 17, 2:41 pm, Martin Gregorie wrote: > On Thu, 17 Feb 2011 08:14:36 -0800, Tim wrote: > > Hi, I have an inetd service on freebsd that calls a program (daemon.py) > > with which I want the remote user to communicate. I can call daemon.py > > from the command line on the host machine and it w

Re: client server socket interaction (inetd)

2011-02-17 Thread Martin Gregorie
On Thu, 17 Feb 2011 08:14:36 -0800, Tim wrote: > Hi, I have an inetd service on freebsd that calls a program (daemon.py) > with which I want the remote user to communicate. I can call daemon.py > from the command line on the host machine and it works fine. > > What I don't understand is how to m

Re: client server socket interaction (inetd)

2011-02-17 Thread Dan Stromberg
On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 8:14 AM, Tim wrote: > Hi, I have an inetd service on freebsd that calls a program > (daemon.py) with which I want the remote user to communicate. I can > call daemon.py from the command line on the host machine and it works > fine. > > What I don't understand is how to ma