Hi all. I'm trying to build a simple port scanner (just to learn sockets). here is the code (doesn't work) : import socket sk=socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM) host=raw_input("Enter name of host to scan: ") start_port=input("Enter the start port: ") end_port=input("Enter the end port: ") while start_port<end_port: try: sk.connect((host,start_port)) print "port",start_port,"is open on",host start_port=start_port+1 except: print "Port",start_port,"is closed on",host
sk.close() As you can see, when there is an exception the socket closes (I run the program from idle, so I don't need to exit it). An exception will be every time the connection fails (because the port is closed ). I want it to print the text and go back and continue the loop whenever there is an exception, how do I do that ? Thanks in advance. -- 1. The day Microsoft makes something that doesn't suck is probably the day they start making vacuum cleaners. 2. Unix is user friendly - it's just picky about it's friends. 3. Documentation is like sex: when it is good, it is very, very good. And when it is bad, it is better than nothing. - Dick Brandon _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor