At 07:10 PM 08.26.2001 -0700, Peter Scott wrote:
>At 08:56 PM 8/26/01 -0400, Jim Conner wrote:
>>I have looked all over the place for something about the basic steps to
>>setting up a tcp socket in Perl using Socket.pm and I simply cannot find
>>it. I am using Socket.pm and I need to know if anyone out there would be
>>willing to provide this.
>>Now, I know that there are examples for using Socket.pm in the Camel and
>>the Cookbook but the explanations (for me) are sketchy at best and are in
>>no way IMO easy for a beginner to get.
>>So, for example, what I would like to know is what are the steps to
>>setting up a socket? Something like the following would be helpful:
>>
>># First, get the remote IP address
>>$remote_ipaddr = "192.168.120.1"
>>
>># Then get the remote port
>>$remote_port = "1400";
>>
>># Then what? And better yet, why?
>>
>>
>>The Socket.pm functions just totally baffle me as to their purpose and
>>needs. There are so many of them yet only a few them are needed it seems
>>like, right? And if so which ones are absolutely necessary to use? Why?
>>At what times are they to be used and not used?
>>I am opting *not* to use IO::Socket::INET simply because its so easy to
>>use and I really want to know what the needs are for Socket.pm (and my
>>current project dissallows me from installing the module too).
>
>These are bizarre requirements. Socket.pm is too hard for a beginner, but
>you don't want to use IO::Socket::INET because it's too *easy*? This is
>like Goldilocks and the Three Bears. I don't think there's an in-between
>module.
Lol....Yeah, I can see your point of view. I guess I was just looking for
easy steps and didn't think that that was a big deal but then again, I've
been somewhat stumped on this for sometime so maybe that was an oversight.
:) I consider myself to be more intermediate in Perl and definitely
beginner in socket programming.
>For the best examples and explanations I've seen on Socket.pm and
>everything else to do with networking in Perl, see Lincoln Stein's book,
>"Network Programming with Perl" (Addison-Wesley, 2001).
>
>To learn about socket programming in general, W. Richard Stevens' books
>"TCP/IP Illustrated" and "UNIX Network Programming" can't be beat. Since
>your goal appears to be to understand what's going on - commendable - I'd
>suggest you get one or the other of those.
Thank you very much for the book recommendations. I will see if the
company will float me a few bucks for these.
>If you have to get something done on a schedule, of course, go wit the
>easy way to do it. A project that won't let you install a module that
>makes life easier is just strange. You know you can install a module into
>your own directory, right? You don't have to put it in with Perl? It can
>live in the same directory as whatever script you're writing if you want.
Well, I am pretty sure I could get some strings pulled but again, I was
very interested in using this opportunity to learn about socket
programming...perhaps a quick and dirty was what I was looking for. :)
Thanks again! :)
- Jim
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>Peter Scott
>Pacific Systems Design Technologies
>http://www.perldebugged.com
>
- Jim
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