Hi

I am new in socket programming and trying some luck to implement a sample program found on net.

#!/usr/bin/perl -w 
# server1.pl - a simple server 
use strict; 
use Socket; 
# use port 7890 as default 
my $port = shift || 7890; 
my $proto = getprotobyname('tcp'); 
# create a socket, make it reusable 
socket(SERVER, PF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, $proto) or die "socket: $!"; 
 
setsockopt(SERVER, SOL_SOCKET, SO_REUSEADDR, 1)  or die "setsock: $!";
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# grab a port on this machine 
my $paddr = sockaddr_in($port, INADDR_ANY); 
# bind to a port, then listen 
bind(SERVER, $paddr)      or die "bind: $!"; 
listen(SERVER, SOMAXCONN) or die "listen: $!"; 
print "SERVER started on port $port\n"; 
# for each connection... 
my $client_addr; 
while ($client_addr = accept(CLIENT, SERVER)) { 
    # find out who connected 
    my ($client_port, $client_ip) = sockaddr_in($client_addr); 
    my $client_ipnum = inet_ntoa($client_ip); 
    my $client_host =   gethostbyaddr($client_ip, AF_INET); 
    # tell who connected 
    print "got a connection from: $client_host"," [$client_ipnum]\n"; 
   # send them a message, close connection 
    print CLIENT "Hello from the server: ", 
    close CLIENT; 
}
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Client code is -

#! /usr/bin/perl -w 
# client1.pl - a simple client 
use strict; 
use Socket; 
# initialize host and port 
my $host = shift || 'sajanar.random.com'; 
my $port = shift || 7890; 
my $proto = getprotobyname('tcp'); 
# get the port address 
my $iaddr = inet_aton($host); 
my $paddr = sockaddr_in($port, $iaddr); 
# create the socket, connect to the port 
socket(SOCKET, PF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, $proto) or die "socket: $!"; 
connect(SOCKET, $paddr) or die "connect: $!"; 
        print "\n\nsajan before \n\n"; 
 
my $line; 
 
while ($line = <SOCKET>) { 
 
        print $line; 
} 
close SOCKET or die "close: $!";
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After this, i start server code and it says -

SERVER started on port 7890

and listens for any client connection. It works fine till here.

But, when I run client code. The error comes at server side and client doesnt get any socket message and exits.

Server side error -

got a connection from: sajanar.random.com [192.168.30.117] 
print() on closed filehandle CLIENT at ./perl_server.pl line 28.
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I have tried a lot to debug the issue, but not getting any closer to solution. I feel there is something missing.

Kindly help me solve this issue.

Not all who wander are lost ---- /me