I am creating a server that needs to take the following steps in the parent thread:

  1. Check whether or not there is a client looking to connect on the local instance of IO::Socket::UNIX by calling my $SOCK = $socket->accept($socket);
  2. If there is anyone around looking to connect, connect them, fork, and create pipes to keep in touch with the parent
  3. If nobody needs to connect then send data to the children through a pipe that it opened up.

The problem I am having is that IO::Socket::accept blocks, so it will always return true. That is to say, if I call it, the program will "pause" until a client connects (even with autoflush true). I want to test whether or not there is anybody looking to connect before accepting a connection. Is this possible? I've googled and read every POD I can find on Sockets and IPC and still can't seem to find a suitable function.

Many thanks in advance,

Vautrin

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In reply to Checking whether or not IO::Socket::accept will block by Vautrin

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