[Tutor] socket / over network

[linuxian iandsd]

re-inventing the wheel ?

http://www.howtoforge.com/linux_backuppc

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> On Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 3:44 PM, Alan Gauld <alan.gauld at btinternet.com>
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> > "Nathan McBride" <nomb85 at comcast.net> wrote
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> > Hi Nathan,
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> > 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.
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> > > 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?
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> > For a very simple example of using a socket you could try the
> > Network Programming topic in my tutorial.
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> > There is also a HowTo or Topic guide on the Python web site
> > that gives a more detailed example.
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> > 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!!
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> > --
> > Alan Gauld
> > Author of the Learn to Program web site
> > http://www.freenetpages.co.uk/hp/alan.gauld
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