Not that anyone appears to have ever cared about this. But it's only a small problem with IO::Socket. I read in Lincoln Stiens book that IO::Socket will handle the hard part of setsockopt for you, that is, the packed part. So Technically you could proably do 
$socket->sockopt("25", pack("Z*", "eth0"));

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Still though, the sockopt should fail when done the easier way. I've patched IO::Socket; 
 sub SO_BINDTODEVICE{25};

+       if(exists $arg->{Interface}){
+          my $unit = $arg->{Interface};
+          my $int = pack("Z*",$unit);
+          setsockopt($sock,SOL_SOCKET,SO_BINDTODEVICE,$int)|| die "er
+ror $!\n";
+       }

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Or whatever, it just gives you the option of giving interface as an arg much like Net::Ping does. I'm sure it's not useful to most of the world. Remember your milage may vary as SO_BINDTODEVICE is platform specific int as far as i know.

I've also begun to document setsockopt pack formats. If anyone knows if this has already been done i'd greatly appreciate it.

In reply to Re: Socket, IO::Socket and SO_BINDTODEVICE by jaco
in thread Socket, IO::Socket and SO_BINDTODEVICE by jaco

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