[Tutor] But Serially, Folks...

[Curtis Larsen]

Probably a silly question, but since I haven't seen it mentioned in any
of the Python books thus far (Authors: Read 'opportunity' here), and
also bearing in mind that I'm no Linux expert -- not even close -- I
will just ask:

I'd like to use Python to do some work over a serial port (/dev/ttyS1,
to be precise) but the datacomm I'm attempting must set to a particular
baud rate, parity, stop-bits, yadda-yadda.  So -- how does one do this
in Python and ensure that it is so, then put it back the way you found
it?

Do I call "setserial" before/after I run my module, or some such?
(Does Python even have a way of doing this "natively"?)

Also - since my datacomm will be *very* async (spew-wait-listen-spew),
can someone recommend an existing module for me to use or work from? 
Perhaps someone already has something similar sitting around?


Thanks!
Curtis



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