Kipp, James wrote: > > > $template = 'S n C4 x8'; > > > > Your template is wrong. You need 'x C n a4 x8' (or 'n n a4 x8'). > Thanks, I will give that a shot. Altough, all of the docs that i read > pack the structure with the 'S n C4 x8' template
Is that in the Perl docs somewhere? The first S will only work on big-endian architectures (not i386). C4 expects four separate arguments in the range 0-255 for the address, not a packed 4-byte string as returned by gethostbyname(). > and it does work on the Server end. I suspect it "works" only by luck; you're probably using INADDR_ANY on your bind() call, right? Is the server big-endian? > > > The returned value from gethostbyname is already packed, so C4 is > > wrong. The first two bytes are length (0) and family, both of which > > are unsigned char, so 'x C' (or 'n') handles those. > > > > Use IO::Socket man! Or sockaddr_in() at the very least! > > I know, but I am just seeing if I can make it work by hand. > call me crazy :) Trying to do the pack() is just dangerous, IMO. You might get it "working", but have it break on other machines due to endianess, for example. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
