Simulate socket with files or stdin/stdout

[Josiah Carlson]

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> Now my question is, if someone has done something similar and can give me
> some hints where to start, what to look for etc. Maybe someone even has
> another idea how to solve this problem.
> 
> A skript that does something similar like "netcat" would be a good starting
> point, since I'm really new to python programming.
> 
> The script should be usable on the MAC, PC and UNIX platform.

On OSX and *nix, you'll have no problems using stdin and stdout for 
communication with Python (I don't know about Modula2).  In Windows, 
you're going to have a few issues with stdin and stdout, but there are 
workarounds using pywin32.

On OSX and *nix, you'll have no problems using files for communicating 
with Python.  In Windows, files can't be used as pipes like they are in 
*nix, so this isn't even an option.

I'd say try for stdin/stdout, and check out the documentation on doing 
stdin and stdout with pywin32.

  - Josiah