In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jeff 'japhy' Pinyan) writes: >The problem is that your data ends in \r\n, and the \r is a carriage >return. If you print "jeff\rABC", you'd *see* "ABCf", because the \r >causes the cursor to go to the beginning of the line, thus overwriting >previous letters. In your case, apparently the IP address is longer than >both the username and the password, so the IP is all you're seeing.
And just so the original poster knows *why* they're getting a \r, the reason is that the standard for line-oriented socket protocols is to terminate lines with \r\n. At least, what \r\n is on Unix-type systems (\015\012); Perl changes the value of \n on some other platforms. This is why Socket.pm exports upon request the symbol $CRLF, which is the proper line terminator regardless. -- Peter Scott http://www.perldebugged.com/ *** NEW *** http://www.perlmedic.com/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
