For checking the state of a socket, I prefer to the system call version of select RBITS, WBITS, EBITS, TIMEOUT. It requires a little more setup using vectors and such, but the result is finer control, IMHO. -ben (perlcapt) 
# socket is already setup, and client accepted
# set up masks for use by select
my ($rin,$win,$ein) = ("","","");
my ($rout,$wout, $eout) = ($rin, $win, $ein);
vec($rin, fileno($client),1) = 1;
vec($win, fileno($client),1) = 1;
$ein = $rin | $win;

# -- code deleted --

# wait until the client is ready for writing
if(select(undef,$wout = $win,undef,$timeout)) {
   # <$client> or sysread
    }
# -- code deleted --
# or


# wait until client is ready for writing to
if(select(undef,$wout=$win,undef,$timeout)) {
   # print client or syswrite
}

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in thread Trapping socket error in client when server goes away by Anonymous Monk

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