>> By the way, what's a socket? > > Usually, a network protocol end-point which for most I/O purposes looks > like a file handle. Instead of reading or writing from a file, the > program reads or writes a socket which is typically connected to > another program via a network protocol which is either local or remote. > See perldoc -f socket.
So an example use of a socket would be, say, a script that would listen on a socket (?) and notify me in response to a message from a particular cgi being executed on my webserver? I guess I'm not sure where anyone would use this... - B -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
