Re^2: Could not create socket: Bad file number

Thanks for the "strace" suggestion. I've never used it before, and there's no man-page for it, so I probably got the syntax wrong. Here's what I tried:

-> strace perl receive.pl
ERROR: unable to open /dev/log
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I also tried a 'set -x', but that returned the same results I was getting before, no detail.

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Re^3: Could not create socket: Bad file number by almut (Canon) on Aug 30, 2007 at 23:44 UTC
Which platform are you on? The `strace` I was referring to is a Linux tool — on some other unixes, the program named `strace` is an entirely different tool... [ Update: actually, that's exactly the error message you get when you try to run `strace` (STREAMS trace) on Solaris as a regular user (because the device that `/dev/log` points to is owned by `root:sys`). On HP-UX and AIX I'm getting different error messages — but YMMV. So I supppose what you want is `truss` (usage for simple things is essentially the same as `strace` under Linux). ] A couple of weeks ago, I posted a list of corresponding tools for other platforms... (if the respective tool you want is not installed already, you should be able to download it from the net). (BTW, you called it correctly.)	[reply] [d/l] [select]

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Re^3: Could not create socket: Bad file number
by almut (Canon) on Aug 30, 2007 at 23:44 UTC

Which platform are you on? The strace I was referring to is a Linux tool — on some other unixes, the program named strace is an entirely different tool...

[ Update: actually, that's exactly the error message you get when you try to run strace (STREAMS trace) on Solaris as a regular user (because the device that /dev/log points to is owned by root:sys). On HP-UX and AIX I'm getting different error messages — but YMMV. So I supppose what you want is truss (usage for simple things is essentially the same as strace under Linux). ]

A couple of weeks ago, I posted a list of corresponding tools for other platforms... (if the respective tool you want is not installed already, you should be able to download it from the net).

(BTW, you called it correctly.)

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