On 10/18/07, danfolkes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I thought I would post the source to a program that I made that will > download the http://ubuntu.media.mit.edu/ubuntu-releases/gutsy/ > as soon as its posted. > > It checks the site every 10 min time.sleep(600) > > This is mostly untested so I would appreciate comments, and if you use > it, post that too! :) > <code> > > import time > import urllib > > mysock = urllib.urlopen("http://ubuntu.media.mit.edu/ubuntu-releases/ > gutsy/ubunt > u-7.10-desktop-i386.iso") > #print mysock > while 1: > image = mysock.read() > if image[0:1]!='<': > oFile = open(r"image.iso",'wb') > oFile.write(image) > oFile.close > break > exit > print "Wait ", time.localtime() > time.sleep(600) > > > </code> > > enjoy,
Please, don't do it. Use the torrent, Luke. Also, use the HTTP error code - while the file is not at the server, you will receive a 404, I think. -- http://www.advogato.org/person/eopadoan/ Bookmarks: http://del.icio.us/edcrypt -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list