#!/usr/bin env python

import socket,sys,select

port=8888

host='localhost'

spinsize=10

spinpos=0

spindir=1

def spin():

global spinsize,spinpos,spindir

spinstr='.' * spinpos + '|'+'.'(spinsize-spinpos-1)

sys.stdout.write('r'+ spinstr + ' ')

sys.stdout.flush()

spinpos += spindir

if spinpos < 0:

spindir=1

spinpos=1

elif spinpos >= spinsize:

spinpos -= 2

spindir = -1

s=socket.socket(socket.AF_INET,socket.SOCK_STREAM)

s.connect((host,port))

p=select.poll()

p.register(s.fileno(),select.POLLIN | select.POLLERR | select.POLLHUP)

while 1:

results=p.poll(50)

if len(results):

if results[0][1] == select.POLLIN:

data = s.recv(4096)

if not len(data):

print "Remote end closed connect"

break

sys.stdout.write("\rReceived:" + data)

sys.stdout.flush()

else:

print "\rproblem occurred ; exiting"

sys.exit(0)

spin()