use strict; use IO::Socket; use threads; $| = 1; threads->create(\&server); my $socket = IO::Socket::INET->new(Proto => "tcp", PeerAddr => "localhost", PeerPort => 7001) || print "Socket creation error: $!\n"; sleep(5); print "about to close socket on client side\n"; close($socket); print "closed socket on client side\n"; print $!; sub server { my $server = new IO::Socket::INET(Proto => "tcp", LocalPort => 7001, Listen => 5) || die "failed to establish socket\n"; my $client = $server->accept; sleep(1); print "about to close socket on server side\n"; close($client); print "closed socket on server side\n"; }