Re:Ask HN: A simple tcp monitor ?
by DanielBMarkham on Sunday August 02, 2009 @12:45PM
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Sounds like a simple-enough prog to build: check the port regularly and shell out a command if conditions are met.
The trick will be just limiting it to simple functionality. Easy for these types of apps to get out of hand.
About ten years ago I wanted to write a windows app that allowed text to appear as a window -- no rectangular frame, menu, or close button. Just text. The text was the window, and there was nothing else but the text.
I figured out how to do it, and ended up writing something that had a properties page that looked like it could launch Trident Missiles. Fun project, but definitely overkill for what I needed.
The trick will be just limiting it to simple functionality. Easy for these types of apps to get out of hand.
About ten years ago I wanted to write a windows app that allowed text to appear as a window -- no rectangular frame, menu, or close button. Just text. The text was the window, and there was nothing else but the text.
I figured out how to do it, and ended up writing something that had a properties page that looked like it could launch Trident Missiles. Fun project, but definitely overkill for what I needed.