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+#
+# Copyright 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+#
+# This file is part of GNU Radio
+#
+# GNU Radio is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 3, or (at your option)
+# any later version.
+#
+# GNU Radio is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with GNU Radio; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to
+# the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street,
+# Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
+#
+
+# random socket related stuff
+
+import socket
+import os
+import sys
+
+def tcp_connect_or_die(sock_addr):
+    """
+    
+    Args:
+        sock_addr: (host, port) to connect to (tuple)
+    
+    Returns:
+        : socket or exits
+    """
+    s = socket.socket (socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
+    try:
+        s.connect(sock_addr)
+    except socket.error, err:
+        sys.stderr.write('Failed to connect to %s: %s\n' %
+                         (sock_addr, os.strerror (err.args[0]),))
+        sys.exit(1)
+    return s
+
+def udp_connect_or_die(sock_addr):
+    """
+    
+    Args:
+        sock_addr: (host, port) to connect to (tuple)
+    
+    Returns:
+        : socket or exits
+    """
+    s = socket.socket (socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_DGRAM)
+    try:
+        s.connect(sock_addr)
+    except socket.error, err:
+        sys.stderr.write('Failed to connect to %s: %s\n' %
+                         (sock_addr, os.strerror (err.args[0]),))
+        sys.exit(1)
+    return s