socket script

[Hamachi]

Hey hope some like to help

I try to make a socket script there connect to irc server, need to be online all the time.

My script works as lua script.lua but then i run it whit px it make px not responde.
some of the code:
    -- Run main loop
    while true do
        local l = s:receive()
        --some code
    end

Hope someone can help or say it not will work

[PPK]

You are creating never ending loop in script, so PtokaX is blocked by that script and can't work  :

[Hamachi]

Yes

But how to make a socket connection then ?

the connection need to be open all the time....

[PPK]

Create socket, connect to server and then on timer (for example every second) try to read or send data on that socket (basically that is how PtokaX works)

[Hamachi]

ok thanks

I have a another script there download a file whit socket, if it take longtime it not response too.
Have you any ide for that ?

I use timeout in one script but in this i need the file...

[PPK]

It is always same. Create socket, connect socket, set it nonblocking (or zero timeout with select) and then in some intervals try to read/write. Never do loops on read/writes  :

[Hamachi]

Ok I will look in to it

Thanks for you help and time PPK

[Hamachi]

It works almost now

First time it find/write it dont respone in some time and then post it.

i dont understand this:
set it nonblocking (or zero timeout with select)

[PPK]

It is in luasocket docs

Changes the timeout values for the object. By default, all I/O operations are blocking. That is, any call to the methods send, receive, and accept will block indefinitely, until the operation completes. The settimeout method defines a limit on the amount of time the I/O methods can block. When a timeout is set and the specified amount of time has elapsed, the affected methods give up and fail with an error code.

Looks like real non-blocking is always not supported, so low (zero ?) timeout is needed :

[Hamachi]

Thanks agen PPK

Now i only have some text problems hehe

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