Hi Monkers!!!

I am struggling while converting a perl program into CGI script. Actually,I have to pass data IP address to a Server program running in MS/Win box.When I am trying to run via CGI, the socket is not getting created 

#!/usr/bin/perl
use IO::Socket;

$destination = 'xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx';
$sock = new IO::Socket::INET (PeerAddr => 'xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx',
                              PeerPort => 4444,
                              Proto    => 'tcp',
                             );
die "Socket could not be created. Reason: $!\n" unless $sock;

print $sock "ping:$destination \n";
print "Client Connected. \n";
print "Server says: ",scalar(<$sock>);
print $sock "Message acknowledged from the client!\n";
print $sock "Good Bye! \n";

print "Ping result =>: ",scalar(<$sock>);
close ($sock);

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One more query what is the mechanism of doing $getdata = 'nslookup www.perlmonks.com'; (as in Linux)?

cheers!

Rock

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