Kernel checking utility

This will check the current kernel status. Enjoy.

#!/usr/bin/env python

import telnetlib

connexion = telnetlib.Telnet("kernel.org", 79)
connexion.write("\n")

print " "
print connexion.read_all()

[civ1492]

good script, would be nice to put into rc.local .. just for fun ;D

Here's something pretty complicated to do something simple:

import string
a = string.join(map(lambda x: chr(x), range(ord('a'), ord('z')+1)),"")

It's the equivalent of:

a = 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz'

But you gotta admit it's pretty leet!


And for those of you who like Sexylosers and Penny-Arcade, here's a script to check whether there's a new strip or not:

#!/usr/bin/env python

import httplib
import time
import sys
import string
import os


def pennyarcade():
 *year = time.strftime("%Y")
 *today = time.strftime("%Y%m%d") + "l.gif"
 *strip = "/images/" + year + "/" + today

 *h = httplib.HTTPConnection("www.penny-arcade.com", 80)
 *h.request("GET", strip)
 *response = h.getresponse()
 *h.close()

 *if response.status == 200:
 * *print "THERE'S A NEW Penny-Arcade!!"
 *else:
 * *print "No new Penny-Arcade... :-("

 *config = os.environ["HOME"] + "/.sexylosers"


def sexylosers():
 *config = os.environ["HOME"] + "/.sexylosers"

 *try:
 * *f = open(config, "r")
 *except IOError:
 * *print "Config file not found!"
 * *print "Create it with the following command: echo 134 > ~/.sexylosers"
 * *sys.exit(1)

 *current_strip = f.readline()
 *current_strip = string.join(current_strip.splitlines())
 *f.close()

 *next_strip = int(current_strip)
 *next_strip += 1
 *next_strip = str(next_strip)


 *h = httplib.HTTPConnection("sexylosers.com", 80)
 *h.request("GET", "/?%s" % next_strip)
 *response = h.getresponse()
 *out = response.read()
 *h.close()

 *if out != "ERROR! Don't play with the URL, please.\n":
 * *print "THERE'S A NEW SEXYLOSER!!! *Episode %s is out!" % next_strip
 * *f = open(config, "w")
 * *f.writelines(next_strip + "\n")
 * *f.close()
 *else:
 * *print "No new sexylosers... :-("
 * *f = open(config, "w")
 * *f.writelines(current_strip + "\n")
 * *f.close()



pennyarcade()
sexylosers()

[praetorian]

GnuVince: Is there a way I can display the current stable kernel on my website using PHP?

I don't know PHP.