#!/usr/bin/env python
     # encoding: utf-8
     #
     # Copyright (c) 2010 Doug Hellmann.  All rights reserved.
     #
     """Client half of echo example
     """
     #end_pymotw_header
     
     import socket
     import sys
     
     # Create a UDS socket
     sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_UNIX, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
     
     # Connect the socket to the port where the server is listening
     server_address = './uds_socket'
     print >>sys.stderr, 'connecting to %s' % server_address
     try:
         sock.connect(server_address)
     except socket.error, msg:
         print >>sys.stderr, msg
         sys.exit(1)
     
     try:
         
         # Send data
         message = 'This is the message.  It will be repeated.'
         print >>sys.stderr, 'sending "%s"' % message
         sock.sendall(message)
     
         amount_received = 0
         amount_expected = len(message)
         
         while amount_received < amount_expected:
             data = sock.recv(16)
             amount_received += len(data)
             print >>sys.stderr, 'received "%s"' % data
     
     finally:
         print >>sys.stderr, 'closing socket'
         sock.close()