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The transfer.py framework needs a port to be passed for netcat to listen. Finding a free port by the user may not be convenient. Automating this would ease the use.

The [[ https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/diffusion/OSMD/browse/master/wmfmariadbpy/transfer.py?as=source&blame=off | transfer.py ]] file which is used for [[ https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Transfer.py | database backup and recovery ]] needs a port to be passed for netcat to listen. Finding a free port by the user may not be convenient. Automating this would ease the use.

The transfer.py framework[[ https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/diffusion/OSMD/browse/master/wmfmariadbpy/transfer.py?as=source&blame=off | transfer.py ]] file which is used for [[ https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Transfer.py | database backup and recovery ]] needs a port to be passed for netcat to listen. Finding a free port by the user may not be convenient. Automating this would ease the use.