telnetlib read_until()( question

[DeepBleu]

Thanks Emile
I am trying to find out why a telnet connection (using a Python script)
dropped out.
DeepBleu

"Emile van Sebille" <emile at fenx.com> wrote in message
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> "DeepBleu" <DeepBleu at DeepBleu.org> wrote in message
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> > For telnetlib's read_until(expected [,timeout])
> >
> > a.  Does anyone know the default value of the timeout when no timeout
> is
> > given, and
> > b.  When a timeout is given:  Is the numeric value in seconds or
> mintues?
>
> telnetlib uses select.select, passing the timeout value.  From the
> select docs:
>
> FUNCTIONS
>     select(...)
>         select(rlist, wlist, xlist[, timeout]) -> (rlist, wlist, xlist)
> [snip]
>         The optional 4th argument specifies a timeout in seconds; it may
> be
>         a floating point number to specify fractions of seconds.  If it
> is absent
>         or None, the call will never time out.
>
>
> HTH,
>
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>
> Emile van Sebille
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