Switched back to not using curl. Added comment about using curl to work around proxy problems.

an.py

@@ -57,26 +57,24 @@ ioc_url = "http://bcda.xray.aps.anl.gov/cgi-bin/ioc_alive.cgi?ioc="
 hb_period = 10
 ioc_list = {}
 
-# Use curl to get the xml file to avoid python problems from cron job
-#!print "Curling URL"
-command = "curl -s %s" % alive_url
-p = os.popen(command, 'r')
-xml_string = p.read()
-p.close()
-
-
 # Get the xml file
 #!print "Opening URL"
-#!try:
-#!  f = urllib.urlopen(alive_url)
-#!except IOError:
-#!  print "Couldn't open URL"
-#!  sys.exit(1)
+try:
+  f = urllib.urlopen(alive_url)
+except IOError:
+  print "Couldn't open URL"
+  sys.exit(1)
 #!print "Reading XML from URL"
-#!xml_string = f.read()
+xml_string = f.read()
 #!print "Closing URL"
-#!f.close()
+f.close()
 
+# Use curl to get the xml file if you have web proxy problems
+#!print "Curling URL"
+#!command = "curl -s %s" % alive_url
+#!p = os.popen(command, 'r')
+#!xml_string = p.read()
+#!p.close()
 
 # Parse the xml string
 #!print "Parsing XML"