Python socket send EOF

Question

I have a simple file transfer socket program where one socket sends file data and another socket receives the data and writes to a file

I need to send an acknowledgme

Answer 1

Design a protocol (an agreement between client and server) on how to send messages. One simple way is "the first byte is the length of the message, followed by the message". Rough example:

Client

Python 2.6.5 (r265:79096, Mar 19 2010, 21:48:26) [MSC v.1500 32 bit (Intel)] on win32
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> from socket import *
>>> s=socket()
>>> s.connect(('localhost',5000))
>>> f=s.makefile()
>>> f.write('\x04abcd')
>>> f.flush()

Server

Python 2.6.5 (r265:79096, Mar 19 2010, 21:48:26) [MSC v.1500 32 bit (Intel)] on win32
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> from socket import *
>>> s=socket()
>>> s.bind(('localhost',5000))
>>> s.listen(1)
>>> c,a=s.accept()
>>> f=c.makefile()
>>> length=ord(f.read(1))
>>> f.read(length)
'abcd'