Monks,

I'm still new to client and server connections in Perl, and have been working with TCP Clients and Servers from the Cookbook and some other sources.

I've got some code for a Server that should be disconnecting on a specific input string, the problem I am having is getting the client to disconnect so the Server can run on multiple loops.

Here is the code I have, this function is supposed to run multiple loops of the $server object in the server_run_single function

sub server_run_type
{
   my ($server,$keepAlive,$loop,$verbose) = @_;
   my $i;
   my $result;
   if ($sys =~ m/win/ || $loop)
   {
       print "Running single model, " if $verbose;
       print "with Keep Alive = $keepAlive.\n" if $verbose;
       # Single model
       for (my $i = 1; $i < $loop; $i++)
       {
           $result = &server_run_single($server,$keepAlive,$i,$loop,$v
+erbose);
       }
   }
   else
   {
       print "Running multi model with $clientCount client(s), " if $v
+erbose;
       print "with Keep Alive = $keepAlive.\n" if $verbose;
       # Forked model
       $result = &server_run_multi($server,$keepAlive,$verbose);
   }
   close($server);
   return $result;
}
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The single model when it gets the "disconnect" string should shut down the client and restart in a loop within the server_run_type function.

sub server_run_single()
{    
   my ($server,$keepAlive,$i,$loop,$verbose) = @_;
   my $d_count = 0;
   my $result = 1;

   print "Running Server loop $i of $loop.\n" if $verbose;
   # accept and process connections
   while ( my $client = $server->accept( ) )
   {
       $clientCount = &add_Clientcount($verbose);
       print "Connected - " . &id_client($client) . "\n";
       while ( defined (my $data_recv = <$client>) )
       {
           if ($data_recv =~ m/discon/)
           {
               $clientCount = &subt_Clientcount($verbose);
               $d_count += 1;
               if ($d_count == $loop)
               {
                   print "Disconnects = $d_count.\n" if $verbose;
                   # Get out of this loop
                   close($client);
               }
           }
           print STDOUT $data_recv if $verbose;
           print $client "You said - $data_recv\n" if $verbose;
       }
   }
   print "Exiting loop $i of $loop.\n" if $verbose;
   return $result;
}
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I'm not sure if there is something other than close($client) that would do what I want, I've tried a couple of different methods but they do not seem to work. I'm sure there is a better way to handle this and get the script to work what I want, I just can't seem to find it.

Any help is appreciated.

Thanks