squilu/SquiLu/samples/test-socket.lua

-- load namespace
local socket = require("socket.core")
-- create a TCP socket and bind it to the local host, at any port
--local server = assert(socket.bind("*", 0))
local server = socket.tcp();
--server.bind("*", 0);
server:setoption("reuseaddr", true);
server:bind("*", 0);
server:listen();
-- find out which port the OS chose for us
local ip, port = server:getsockname()
-- print a message informing what's up
print("Please telnet to localhost on port " .. port)
print("After connecting, you have 10s to enter a line to be echoed")
-- loop forever waiting for clients
while 1 do
  -- wait for a connection from any client
  local client = server:accept()
  -- make sure we don't block waiting for this client's line
  --client:settimeout(10)
  -- receive the line
  local line, err = client:receive()
  -- if there was no error, send it back to the client
  if not err then client:send(line .. "\n") end
  -- done with client, close the object
  client:close()
end