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
