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To love deeply in one direction makes us more loving in all others. --Anne-Sophie Swetchine
There is always some madness in love. But there is also always some reason in madness. --Friedrich Nietzsche
Life is wasted on the living. --Douglas Adams
Life is just a chance to grow a soul. - A. Powell 

#!bin/python

from __future__ import with_statement
import random as rnd


def get_quotes(f="quotes.txt"):
    ###quotes are separated by \n
    with open(f) as fh:
        lines=fh.read()
        quotes=lines.split("\n")
        return quotes

def get_random_quote(quotes=get_quotes()):
    return rnd.choice(quotes)

if __name__=="__main__":
    print get_random_quote() 

from SocketServer import TCPServer, StreamRequestHandler, ThreadingMixIn
import threading
import quoter
from django.utils import daemonize

class MyServer(ThreadingMixIn,TCPServer):
    pass 

class MyStreamRequestHandler(StreamRequestHandler):

    def handle(self):

        self.request.send(self.get_quote()+"\r\n")

    def get_quote(self):
        return quoter.get_random_quote()

def go(endpoint=('', 58000)):
    addr=endpoint
    tcpServer=MyServer(addr, MyStreamRequestHandler)
    tcpServer.allow_reuse_address=1
    print "Server started..."
    tcpServer.serve_forever() #inf. loop




if __name__=="__main__":
    try:
        daemonize.become_daemon()
        go()
    except KeyboardInterrupt:
        exit()
 

 import os
import sys

if os.name == 'posix':
    def become_daemon(our_home_dir='.', out_log='/dev/null',
                      err_log='/dev/null', umask=022):
        "Robustly turn into a UNIX daemon, running in our_home_dir."
        # First fork
        try:
            if os.fork() > 0:
                sys.exit(0)     # kill off parent
        except OSError, e:
            sys.stderr.write("fork #1 failed: (%d) %s\n" % (e.errno, e.strerror))
            sys.exit(1)
        os.setsid()
        os.chdir(our_home_dir)
        os.umask(umask)

        # Second fork
        try:
            if os.fork() > 0:
                os._exit(0)
        except OSError, e:
            sys.stderr.write("fork #2 failed: (%d) %s\n" % (e.errno, e.strerror))
            os._exit(1)

        si = open('/dev/null', 'r')
        so = open(out_log, 'a+', 0)
        se = open(err_log, 'a+', 0)
        os.dup2(si.fileno(), sys.stdin.fileno())
        os.dup2(so.fileno(), sys.stdout.fileno())
        os.dup2(se.fileno(), sys.stderr.fileno())
        # Set custom file descriptors so that they get proper buffering.
        sys.stdout, sys.stderr = so, se
else:
    def become_daemon(our_home_dir='.', out_log=None, err_log=None, umask=022):
        """
        If we're not running under a POSIX system, just simulate the daemon
        mode by doing redirections and directory changing.
        """
        os.chdir(our_home_dir)
        os.umask(umask)
        sys.stdin.close()
        sys.stdout.close()
        sys.stderr.close()
        if err_log:
            sys.stderr = open(err_log, 'a', 0)
        else:
            sys.stderr = NullDevice()
        if out_log:
            sys.stdout = open(out_log, 'a', 0)
        else:
            sys.stdout = NullDevice()

    class NullDevice:
        "A writeable object that writes to nowhere -- like /dev/null."
        def write(self, s):
            pass

striky@striky-desktop:~/workspace/pytut/src/nettut/quoter$ telnet localhost 58000 
Trying 127.0.0.1... 
Connected to localhost. 
Escape character is '^]'. 
Life is just a chance to grow a soul. - A. Powell 
Connection closed by foreign host.