I was wondering if its possible to control weather a port is open and listening or not using perl.

If it is possible to control ports with perl could someone give me a hand with it?

I've tried to find ways to do this but to no avail. I'm all googled out as of right now so I thought I would ask the perl monks while I had the chance today and hope I could get a positive response.

I'm wanting to create a program that will open a particular port. Then a program that will be able to connect to that port.
What I'm trying to do is sort of setup my own ftp server and client. I'm getting a new computer at some point and it would make life easier to transfer files like this. I know there are tons of ways out there to do this but I would like to code something to do it myself in perl.

If I can find a way to open/close ports using perl I could probably create a client and server program that would put that knowledge to use. Of course I would post it here on perl monks.

Is there anyone who could give me a hand?

I know that "re-inventing" the wheel isn't really useful to the community but is there anything wrong with wanting to know how a program does what it does?

I'm not looking for a program or direct solution to the above problem to be handed to me. Thats not what I am asking for. I want a little guidance so I can find my own way to do this.

In reply to Port control using perl? by jkm199

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