Re: Windows socket timout code

I haven't tried this myself but the perldoc on IO::Socket::INET mentions a parameter on the constructor...

Timeout     Timeout value for various operations
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If you haven't already, try adding it to your connect...

my $sock = new IO::Socket::INET (
                                 PeerAddr => "$hostip",
                                 PeerPort => "$hostport",
                                 Proto => 'tcp',
                                 Timeout => $TIMEOUT,
                                );
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Re^2: Windows socket timout code by smack (Beadle) on Sep 04, 2004 at 12:08 UTC
I did try that already... several times even. Can't get it to work. I read up on this a bit as well. It seems a lot of people have trouble getting any timeout method to work on sockets in windows. I have read that the alarm function is limited in windows.... maybe it just can't work with sockets? For now I am using Net::Ping to make sure the host exists first, but that is really ineffecient. Maybe I should use a module of some sort? Thanx for your reply =) smack	[reply]
Re^2: Windows socket timout code by smack (Beadle) on Sep 04, 2004 at 12:13 UTC
another accidental posting, deleted =)	[reply]
Re^2: Windows socket timout code by smack (Beadle) on Sep 04, 2004 at 12:12 UTC
accidental posting, deleted =)	[reply]