Re^2: Unknown Socket error (0+$!)

then look up the error number to find what the problem is

Would using $^E work?

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Re^3: Unknown Socket error (!$^E) by tye (Sage) on Jan 26, 2009 at 21:06 UTC
No, winsock errors are not covered by GetLastError() nor errno/strerror(). I've never even seen a "look up text based on error code" function for winsock errors (you can read winsock.h or STFW, of course). - tye	[reply]