checking that process binds a port, fuser functionality

[Roy Smith]

In article <pan.2010.08.03.08.47.38.391000 at nowhere.com>,
 Nobody <nobody at nowhere.com> wrote:

> On Mon, 02 Aug 2010 23:27:37 +0200, Zdenek Maxa wrote:
> 
> > I need to start a process (using subprocess.Popen()) and wait until the
> > new process either fails or successfully binds a specified port.
> 
> If you just need to wait until *something* is listening on that port, you
> could try connect()ing to it.

This certainly seems like the logical way to me.  It's straight-forward, 
simple, and portable.