Thanks, I will try this out. I hope it works in a multithreaded environment...
-Dan -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of StoneBeat Sent: Tuesday, May 02, 2006 9:07 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: IO::Socket and Setting Timeout try perldoc -f alarm El Lunes, 1 de Mayo de 2006 21:05, Daniel Rychlik escribió: > Guys, > > How would you set a timeout on a TCP connection? > > I have been playing with the idea of using IO::Socket to execute > commands on remote machines. > > On the listening side of the connection, I respond back to the client > with an "OKAY" for the client to send its remote command to the > server... But this brought up the question, what if I never get a > response back through the TCP connection? > > I saw this in the client constructor but Im not able to get it to > work.... > > my $socket = IO::Socket::INET->new(PeerAddr => $remote_host, > PeerPort => $remote_port, > Proto => "tcp", > Type => SOCK_STREAM, > TimeOut => 10) > > > If the timeout limit is reached, with the client terminate? > > Is the value of TimeOut in the constructor stating "TimeOut is 10 > seconds?" > > -Dan > > _______________________________________________ > ActivePerl mailing list > [email protected] > To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs _______________________________________________ ActivePerl mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs _______________________________________________ ActivePerl mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs
