Re: Re: socket problem

i, however, want my own code to work. and it does just fine if you takeout the "or die" and $sock->timeout()...which i dont understand, and really want to understand.

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Re: Re: Re: socket problem by submersible_toaster (Chaplain) on Jan 07, 2003 at 01:37 UTC
When IO::Socket::INET->new() is unable to make the socket connection it returns false instead of a socket object. So you probably don't want to die just because a port is ignoring you. Try `or $sock = ''` instead of `or die $!,$@` Further reading of the IO::Socket::INET POD reveals that you can give Timeout => 5, as part of the hash passed to ->new() I have tried your scanner, it does work , but the mechanism you use in makeconn to connect , never seems to return any info. I can't believe it's not psellchecked	[reply] [d/l] [select]

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by submersible_toaster (Chaplain) on Jan 07, 2003 at 01:37 UTC

When IO::Socket::INET->new() is unable to make the socket connection it returns false instead of a socket object. So you probably don't want to die just because a port is ignoring you. Try or $sock = '' instead of or die $!,$@

Further reading of the IO::Socket::INET POD reveals that you can give Timeout => 5, as part of the hash passed to ->new()

I have tried your scanner, it does work , but the mechanism you use in makeconn to connect , never seems to return any info.

I can't believe it's not psellchecked

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