cfdp/examples/python-interop

Python Interoperability Example for cfdp-rs

This example application showcases the interoperability of the CFDP handlers written in Rust with a Python implementation which uses cfdp-py library.

Both the Rust and the Python app exchange packet data units via a UDP interface and launch both a destination and source handler. As such, they are both able to send and receive files. Both applications can be started with the command line argument -f to initiate a file transfer. You can run both applications with -h to get more information about the available options.

Running the Python App

It is recommended to run the Python App in a dedicated virtual environment. For example, on a Unix system you can use python3 -m venv venv and then source venv/bin/activate to create and activate a virtual environment.

After that, you can install the required dependencies using

pip install -r requirements.txt

and then run the application using ./main.py or python3 main.py.

It is recommended to run ./main.py -h first to get an overview of some possible options. Running the Python App with ./main.py -f will cause the Python App to start a file copy operation with fixed temporary paths.

Running the Rust App

You can run the Rust application using cargo, for example cargo run --example python-interop. It is recommended to run cargo run --example python-interop -- -h to get an overview of some possible launch options.

Running the Rust App with cargo run --example python-interop -- -f will cause the Rust app to start a file copy operation with fixed temporary paths.