File sharing

[Dave Kuhlman]

Irmen de Jong wrote:

> Alex wrote:
>> Hi all,
>> 
>> I want to write a "File sharing system".
>> 
>> Is posssible with socket and thread create multisuer connection
>> at the same time ?
> 
> Yes. You can use multiple sockets and a thread per connection,
> or you can use one of Python's event driven frameworks to handle
> lots of concurrent connections (Twisted, for instance).
> 
>> or is wrong my idea??
> 
> I don't know, but have a look at BitTorrent.
> That is an existing popular file sharing system written in Python.
> 
> http://bitconjurer.org/BitTorrent/
> 
> No need reinventing the wheel, right?

Also, you might be interested in Pyro:

    http://pyro.sourceforge.net/

Pyro claims to support remote objects.  Perhaps you could
represent files with remote objects.

OK. I admit.  It's a stretch.  But, if you want to simulate file
sharing across the *Net* ...

  - Dave

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