server_and_client.py

# Client Side----------------------------------------
# Please cheng the `sh-rd-hfeng to your server's host-name
# Usage: python client.py <str> -- if <str> is 'Done',  it
# will tell the server you are OK now and the server will close,
# any other strings will continue the server works

import socket
import sys

HOST, PORT = "sh-rd-hfeng", 9988
data = " ".join(sys.argv[1:])

# Create a socket (SOCK_STREAM means a TCP socket)
sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)

try:
    # Connect to server and send data
    sock.connect((HOST, PORT))
    sock.sendall(data + "\n")

    # Receive data from the server and shut down
    received = sock.recv(1024)
finally:
    sock.close()

print "Sent:     {0}".format(data)
print "Received: {0}".format(received)


# Server Side----------------------------------------
import socket

if __name__ == '__main__':  
    import socket  
    sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)  
    sock.bind(('0.0.0.0', 9988))  
    sock.listen(5)
    g_should_listen = True
    while g_should_listen:  
        connection,address = sock.accept()  
        try:  
            connection.settimeout(5)  
            buf = connection.recv(1024)
            if buf.strip().upper() == 'DONE':
                connection.send('Thanks for your notification!')
                g_should_listen = False
            else:  
                connection.send('OK I will wait')  
        except socket.timeout:  
            print 'time out'  
        connection.close()  
#------Improved Server
import socket
import subprocess

if __name__ == '__main__':
    import socket
    sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
    sock.bind(('0.0.0.0', 9988))
    sock.listen(5)
    g_should_listen = True
    while g_should_listen:
        connection,address = sock.accept()
        try:
            connection.settimeout(5)

            buf = connection.recv(1024)
            if buf.strip().upper() == 'DONE':
                p = subprocess.Popen(["/builds/penguin/labviewrt/Installers/linux/2013/13.0/hypervisor/Distribution/build_submit_all.sh"], stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
                out, err = p.communicate()
                connection.send('Following is the build details\n'  + out)
                # g_should_listen = False
            else:
                connection.send('OK I will wait')
        except socket.timeout:
            print 'time out'
        connection.close()