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July 9, 2013 16:25
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Script to monitor an URL for changes
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| import urllib | |
| from time import sleep | |
| from hashlib import md5 | |
| import sys | |
| def bell(): | |
| sys.stdout.write('\a') | |
| sys.stdout.flush() | |
| def dig(): | |
| return md5(urllib.urlopen(sys.argv[1]).read()).digest() | |
| print 'Monitoring %s' % sys.argv[1] | |
| d = dig() | |
| while dig() == d: | |
| sleep(1) | |
| print 'Changed!!!!!' | |
| for i in xrange(10): | |
| bell() | |
| sleep(0.5) |
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