re-inventing the wheel ? http://www.howtoforge.com/linux_backuppc
> > > On Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 3:44 PM, Alan Gauld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > "Nathan McBride" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote > > > > Hi Nathan, > > > > Please don't reply to an existing message to start a new discussion. > > It messes up those of us using threaded mail/news readers and > > increases the likelihood that your message will be missed. > > > > > I'm pretty tired of the lame backup solution we have at work. > > > Could anyone point me to a (more or less newbieish) example of how > > > to > > > have python open a socket on one box and get data from it, then have > > > another > > > box write to it over the network? > > > > For a very simple example of using a socket you could try the > > Network Programming topic in my tutorial. > > > > There is also a HowTo or Topic guide on the Python web site > > that gives a more detailed example. > > > > That having been said, backups are usually best done using > > OS tools or if you must roll your own then using ftp or similar > > as a file transfer mechanism rather than trying to send a > > bytestream over a socket. ftp can handle broken connections > > etc more easily. Detecting and fixing errors over a socket > > stream is non trivial and for backups is pretty much essential!! > > > > -- > > Alan Gauld > > Author of the Learn to Program web site > > http://www.freenetpages.co.uk/hp/alan.gauld > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org > > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor > > > >
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