I tried:-
$ua = LWP::UserAgent->new(use_eval => 0);
.
.
eval {
  $response = $ua->request($request);
};
if ($@) {
  #print "eval: " . $@ . "\n";
  if ($@ =~ /Connection refused/) {
    print "Response Content...\n";
    print $response->content . "\n";
  } else {
.
.

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It still didn't work:-
(print "eval: " . $@ . "\n";)

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gives:- 
eval: Can't read entity body: Connection reset by peer at /usr/local/l
+ib/perl5/site_perl/5.005/LWP/Protocol/http.pm line 337.

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So, (looking at http.pm) there's the problem confirmed.
1) Linksys BEFSR41 drops the connection before HTTP layer is satisfied that data collection is complete.
2) HTTP layer destroys the response->content collected thus far. >:{

So, anyone care to tell me how to fix the HTTP layer so it does NOT destroy response->content on a dropped connection - if it already collected (at least some) data from current session?
OR
Do I resort to using filename method, with a "length of response" test, to validate UserAgent error, AND rebuild my $response->content from file? (bleaaurh).

Steve Potter
http://www3.sympatico.ca/steven.potter/

In reply to Re: Re: LWP::UserAgent destroys $response->content >:{ by SPotter
in thread LWP::UserAgent destroys $response->content >:{ by Anonymous Monk

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