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If you have control over the protocol being sent to the listener script, I'd suggest making it HTTP.

Then you can use any of my column code that uses CGI.pm, HTTP::Daemon and fork as a model, and make yourself a "mini web server" as your daemon. Data is sent to the server by invoking a URL like a form. The server can be shut down by invoking a different URL. It' s all a small matter of programming.

Google for "site:stonehenge CGI HTTP::Daemon fork" to find the unique hits. (Looks like WT columns 23, 24, and 56).

-- Randal L. Schwartz, Perl hacker

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