>>>>> "MTM" == Mike T Machenry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
MTM> use IO::Socket;
MTM> $sock = new IO::Socket (...);
MTM> die unless $sock;
MTM> while ($newsock = $sock->accept()) {
MTM> while (defined ($buf = <$newsock>)) {
MTM> print $buf;
MTM> }
MTM> }
MTM> close ($sock);
MTM> It is my understanding the accept() awaits a new connection from
MTM> a client and blocks until it is read. This is my experience with
MTM> running the program aswell. However this program leads me to
MTM> believe that accept is going to return a false value and fall
MTM> through to the close. If it is a blocking method that awaits a
MTM> connection, how could it possibly know that no connection is
MTM> comming and it should close($sock)?
you are basically correct there. accept on a listen socket will
generally work like you think. but the solaris man page shows at least
11 possible error conditions for accept. and with kernel calls it is
always a good idea to check for errors.
uri
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