`

    import quickfix

    if len(sys.argv) < 2: return
    fileName = sys.argv[1]

    try:
    	settings = quickfix.SessionSettings(fileName)
    	application = quickfix.MyApplication()
    	storeFactory = quickfix.FileStoreFactory(settings)
    	logFactory = quickfix.FileLogFactory(settings)
    	acceptor = quickfix.SocketAcceptor(application, storeFactory, settings, logFactory)
    	acceptor.start()
    	# while condition == true: do something
    	acceptor.stop()
    except quickfix.ConfigError, e:
    	print e

`