Perl "Invalid argument error"

anishkumarv has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

we have a issue in server, we are running a perl script to connect our clients, but we are not able to connect, every time we are getting the "Invalid argument error" Even i checked all the necessary perl modules are i installed in this server,

#create the listen socket
my $listen_socket = IO::Socket::INET->new(
                            LocalAddr => $MOBILLLLE_Proxy,
                            LocalPort => $MOBILLLLE_ProxyPort,
                            Listen    => 1,
                            Proto     => 'tcp',
                            Reuse     => 1)
or die "Can't create listening socket at $MOBILLLLE_ProxyPort: $!\n";
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the above mention code i used in this script, every time when i try to connect. iam getting this output Can't create listening socket at 5005: Invalid argument Why iam getting this error.. Need your guidance to fix this issue.

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Re: Perl "Invalid argument error" by ikegami (Patriarch) on Nov 07, 2011 at 03:51 UTC
Does `$MOBILLLLE_Proxy` contain the IP address (with no trailing newline or other extra whitespace) of a local interface? If you think it does, try finding out which of the system calls in `IO::Socket::INET::configure` is failing.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^2: Perl "Invalid argument error" by anishkumarv (Initiate) on Nov 07, 2011 at 04:35 UTC
Hi, actually iam newbie to perl, so can you explain little clearly, what are the things i need to check.	[reply]
Re^3: Perl "Invalid argument error" by ikegami (Patriarch) on Nov 07, 2011 at 05:28 UTC
what are the things i need to check. `$MOBILLLLE_Proxy` Hi, actually iam newbie to perl, Nothing I said is specific to Perl.	[reply] [d/l]
Re^4: Perl "Invalid argument error" by anishkumarv (Initiate) on Nov 07, 2011 at 05:52 UTC
Re^5: Perl "Invalid argument error" by ikegami (Patriarch) on Nov 07, 2011 at 07:00 UTC