> Howdy, > Funny I was just thinking about Sockets today. > I don't use them nitty gritty like this but I would assume > you need to do multiple send/receive/accept in a little > session via your own prtocol. > > Something like: > > Client> hello > Server> howdy > Client> NAME fred.txt > Server> NAMEIS fred.xt Thanks - SENDFILE > Client> FILE .... > Server> Thanks Writing file...FILEOK > Client> bye I am done > Server> bye hava good one > > I'm interested in seeing how to do this, sorry it probably > wasn't much help. > > > > > > How do I send the file name used by the client so that the > > server uses the same file name > > When it is writing it own file. > >
This is a clever idea - you could also send the file name in a fixed number of bytes at the beginning of the send, and read() that on the recieving end first. Luke -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>