Date: Thu, 18 Nov 1999 14:42:38 +0200 From: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za> To: James Bailie <jazzturk@home.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Perl socketpair() failing Message-ID: <20237.942928958@axl.noc.iafrica.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 18 Nov 1999 06:50:47 EST." <19991118065047.A1636@cr31617-a.lndn1.on.wave.home.co>
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On Thu, 18 Nov 1999 06:50:47 EST, James Bailie wrote:
> use Socket;
>
> unless( socketpair ONE, TWO, AF_LOCAL, SOCK_STREAM, 0 )
> {
> die "socketpair: $!\n";
> }
I get this with perl -w:
Argument "AF_LOCAL" isn't numeric in sockpair at foo.pl line 5.
socketpair: Protocol not supported
Always use -w when you're having problems. :-)
Now take a look at the perlipc manpage and you'll see that it suggests
the use of AF_UNIX instead of AF_LOCAL.
Ciao,
Sheldon.
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