Module gopherlib

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Module gopherlib

Gopher protocol client interface.

Functions

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type_to_name(gtype)
Map all file types to strings; unknown types become TYPE='x'.

send_selector(selector, host, port=0)
Send a selector to a given host and port, return a file with the reply.

send_query(selector, query, host, port=0)
Send a selector and a query string.

path_to_selector(path)
Takes a path as returned by urlparse and returns the appropriate selector.

path_to_datatype_name(path)
Takes a path as returned by urlparse and maps it to a string.

get_directory(f)
Get a directory in the form of a list of entries.

get_textfile(f)
Get a text file as a list of lines, with trailing CRLF stripped.

get_alt_textfile(f, func)
Get a text file and pass each line to a function, with trailing CRLF stripped.

get_binary(f)
Get a binary file as one solid data block.

get_alt_binary(f, func, blocksize)
Get a binary file and pass each block to a function.

test()
Trivial test program.

Variables

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DEF_SELECTOR = '1/'

DEF_HOST = 'gopher.micro.umn.edu'

DEF_PORT = 70

A_TEXT = '0'

A_MENU = '1'

A_CSO = '2'

A_ERROR = '3'

A_MACBINHEX = '4'

A_PCBINHEX = '5'

A_UUENCODED = '6'

A_INDEX = '7'

A_TELNET = '8'

A_BINARY = '9'

A_DUPLICATE = '+'

A_SOUND = 's'

A_EVENT = 'e'

A_CALENDAR = 'c'

A_TN3270 = 'T'

A_MIME = 'M'

A_IMAGE = 'I'

A_WHOIS = 'w'

A_QUERY = 'q'

A_GIF = 'g'

A_HTML = 'h'

A_WWW = 'w'

A_PLUS_IMAGE = ':'

A_PLUS_MOVIE = ';'

A_PLUS_SOUND = '<'

_names = ['A_BINARY', 'A_CALENDAR', 'A_CSO', 'A_DUPLICATE', 'A...

_type_to_name_map = {}

CRLF = '\r\n'

TAB = '\t'

Imports: warnings

Function Details

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path_to_datatype_name(path)

Takes a path as returned by urlparse and maps it to a string. See section 3.4 of RFC 1738 for details.

Variables Details

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_names

Value:

['A_BINARY',
 'A_CALENDAR',
 'A_CSO',
 'A_DUPLICATE',
 'A_ERROR',
 'A_EVENT',
 'A_GIF',
 'A_HTML',
...