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I want code capable of listening for network input (possibly a connect() on an unexpected port) and reading the raw packet, going as low as the IP layer. I don't want to write the code that does all that, so I decided to use Net::Packet::Dump. I started with the first half of the example in the POD of Net::Packet::Dump:
# Instanciate object, will start capturing from network my $dump = Net::Packet::Dump->new( filter => 'tcp', noStore => 1, ); while (1) { if (my $frame = $dump->next) { do_stuff($frame); } }
I get an error: Can't bless non-reference value at .../Dump.pm line 250. So I tried perl -d server.pl. The error occurs at this expression:
bless(Net::Packet::netpacket_pcap_fp($self->_pcapd), 'IO::File')
Net::Packet::netpacket_pcap_fp is a reference to a C function:
FILE * netpacket_pcap_fp(pcap_t *pd){ if (pd == NULL) return(0); else return(pd->sf.rfile); }
and when I print $self->_pcapd in the debugger, I get
'_pcapd' => pcap_tPtr=SCALAR(0x896dde8) -> 144211632
which I think is a reference (pointer) to the beginning of the data structure written in C of type struct pcapd, which is defined as follows:
struct pcap_sf { FILE *rfile; ... }; ... struct pcap { ... struct pcap_sf sf; ... };
So it looks like Net::Packet::Dump is trying to get a FILE* from C and bless it as an 'IO::File'. I've tried many things, even downloading the PeepPoke module so I could inspect that C data structure to be sure that FILE*rfile is not null (and no, it is not null). I found no reference online that suggests others may be having this problem.

I am grateful for any advice you can give! Thanks in advance!

--jeffguy

In reply to Net::Packet::Dump can't bless non-reference as 'IO::File' by jeffguy

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