[REBOL] Re: Wait for port/time, can you tell which is which?
From: ptretter:charter at: 16-Jun-2001 13:23
Hi Mat, not sure I understand you problem is totally, but since I once
created an IRC bot I thought I would take a stab at it. As for knowing
whether a port is closed you should receive a "none" from the client on the
other end or server if it closes a connection. The problem you run into
alot of times is when the client doesnt close the port and you remain opened
listening for data as you have not received the string "none". Make sure
you understand that you will receive a string and not the literal 'none you
might be used to. It is therefore crucial that you create a portion of your
script to verify the connection is indeed alive or have it just timeout if
the connection is idle (which is what I prefer). I actually created an IRC
bot script that would connect or cycle thru a list of IRC servers and
connect. It worked very well and if got disconnected it would immediately
begin the perpetual cycle of reconnecting thru the list and starting at next
server. The script I made works well and is quite large but if I dig it up
I will try to send it to you as it also support DCC protocol and CTCP
protocol. It was my attempt to create a gateway between Instant messaging
and the IRC networks which I may finish someday.
Paul Tretter
