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Er, uh, hmm.
I wrote my first Python program today. It took longer than I
expected. Who would have guessed that you couldn't give a file object
the name 'in'? Or at least that was one of the weirder obstacles.
Anyway, I am not at all used to thinking in Python. I was wondering
if anyone would care to offer comments on my Python script. It is
quite small and is responsible for my sig. Feel free to scarf it.
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#! /usr/bin/env python
# Tue Apr 20 17:31
# This is my first python program. It is intended to generate signature
# files for mail and news using the fortune program.
# The first step is to open a template file that contains the constant
# portion of the signature. For flexability, I would like to get
# the file name from the command line. So really, the first step is
# to read the command line.
# imports section
import sys
import os
import commands
import time
# Test the number of arguments to see that it is the required number.
if len (sys.argv) != 3:
print 'usage: siggen.python template pipe'
sys.exit(0)
# The first argument is the input file, the second argument is the
# output file which should be a named pipe.
template = sys.argv[1]
npipe = sys.argv[2]
if not os.path.isfile(template):
print template + ' is not a file!'
sys.exit(0)
if not os.path.exists(npipe):
os.mkfifo(npipe)
# Time to get into it. Go into an infinite loop where we open the
# template file, copy it line by line to the pipe, then execute the
# fortune program and send it out the pipe
while 1:
fin = open(template, 'r', 1)
fout = open(npipe, 'w', 0)
fout.writelines(fin.readlines())
fin.close()
fout.writelines([commands.getoutput('/usr/bin/fortune -a'),'\n'])
fout.close()
time.sleep(1)
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Er, uh, hmm.
I wrote my first Python program today. It took longer than I
expected. Who would have guessed that you couldn't give a file object
the name 'in'? Or at least that was one of the weirder obstacles.
Anyway, I am not at all used to thinking in Python. I was wondering
if anyone would care to offer comments on my Python script. It is
quite small and is responsible for my sig. Feel free to scarf it.
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#! /usr/bin/env python
# Tue Apr 20 17:31
# This is my first python program. It is intended to generate signature
# files for mail and news using the fortune program.
# The first step is to open a template file that contains the constant
# portion of the signature. For flexability, I would like to get
# the file name from the command line. So really, the first step is
# to read the command line.
# imports section
import sys
import os
import commands
import time
# Test the number of arguments to see that it is the required number.
if len (sys.argv) != 3:
print 'usage: siggen.python template pipe'
sys.exit(0)
# The first argument is the input file, the second argument is the
# output file which should be a named pipe.
template = sys.argv[1]
npipe = sys.argv[2]
if not os.path.isfile(template):
print template + ' is not a file!'
sys.exit(0)
if not os.path.exists(npipe):
os.mkfifo(npipe)
# Time to get into it. Go into an infinite loop where we open the
# template file, copy it line by line to the pipe, then execute the
# fortune program and send it out the pipe
while 1:
fin = open(template, 'r', 1)
fout = open(npipe, 'w', 0)
fout.writelines(fin.readlines())
fin.close()
fout.writelines([commands.getoutput('/usr/bin/fortune -a'),'\n'])
fout.close()
time.sleep(1)
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David Steuber
http://www.david-steuber.com
s/trashcan/david/ to reply by mail | while you're at it, you might also
If you don't, I won't see it. | want to track down and kill bulk
| mailers, aka spammers.
Vote for ME -- I'm well-tapered, half-cocked, ill-conceived and
TAX-DEFERRED!
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