#! /usr/bin/python

#James Parks
#06-29-04
#genericText_sender.py

#the python sender for the Maya Collaboration Tool

import socket
import os

def genericText_sender(text, host, port):
	
	remoteHostIP = socket.gethostbyname(host)
	localHost = socket.gethostname()
	print localHost

	sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
	sock.connect((remoteHostIP, port))
	sock.send(text)
	sock.close()