Something like this worked for me in the past: use strict; use IO::Socket::INET; my $sock = IO::Socket::INET(....);
while(1) { my $output; my $n = sysread($sock,$output,1000); last if(!defined($n)); print STDOUT $output; } And using syswrite() for writing. perldoc -f sysread perldoc -f syswrite -Sharad -----Original Message----- From: McMahon, Christopher x66156 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 23, 2003 3:06 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: basic question: handling input to TCP/IP server Hello all... I've implemented the TCP/IP server at the top of p.441 of The Camel (3rd edition) Chapter 16, and it's working fine. That is, it opens the port I tell it to, and other processes connect to it and happily send it stuff. (This is using IO::Socket::INET). But now I'm a little confused about how to handle I/O over the TCP/IP connection. The first thing I'd like to do is to print incoming data to STDOUT. It seems that I have to manipulate the "accept()" statement, and I probably have to use the angle operators, but I'm struggling to truly understand what's going on here in order to get the syntax correct. (I figure if I can get a handle on manipulating the input, output will be easy.) I'm continuing to hack at this, but any pointers to (simple!) TCP/IP server behavior to speed me on my way would be welcome. Thanks, -Chris _ This message and any attachments are intended only for the use of the addressee and may contain information that is privileged and confidential. If the reader of the message is not the intended recipient or an authorized representative of the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by e-mail and delete the message and any attachments from your system. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]