Hi Monks,

I am tranferring a binary file by using a filehandle over a socket connection:

The code for the client sending the file: 

    open(INPUT, 'file.dat');
    binmode(INPUT);
    while (<INPUT>) {
        print $sock $_;
    }
    close(INPUT);

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The code for the server receiving the file: 

        open(INPUT, '>file2.dat');
        binmode(INPUT);
        while (<$sock>) {
          print INPUT $_;
        }
        close INPUT;

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Problem is, I want the client to keep the socket connection open after sending the file, but don't know how to tell the receiving side to stop receiving the file. How can I add a condition so the receiver will know when to stop receiving the file?

In reply to How to end socket file transfer without closing socket by redss

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