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.IX Title "IO::Socket::INET 3"
.TH IO::Socket::INET 3 "2002-06-01" "perl v5.8.0" "Perl Programmers Reference Guide"
IO::Socket::INET \- Object interface for AF_INET domain sockets
\&\f(CW\*(C`IO::Socket::INET\*(C'\fR provides an object interface to creating and using sockets
in the \s-1AF_INET\s0 domain. It is built upon the IO::Socket interface and
inherits all the methods defined by IO::Socket.
.IP "new ( [\s-1ARGS\s0] )" 4
.IX Item "new ( [ARGS] )"
Creates an \f(CW\*(C`IO::Socket::INET\*(C'\fR object, which is a reference to a
newly created symbol (see the \f(CW\*(C`Symbol\*(C'\fR package). \f(CW\*(C`new\*(C'\fR
optionally takes arguments, these arguments are in key-value pairs.
In addition to the key-value pairs accepted by IO::Socket,
\&\f(CW\*(C`IO::Socket::INET\*(C'\fR provides.
\& PeerAddr Remote host address <hostname>[:<port>]
\& PeerHost Synonym for PeerAddr
\& PeerPort Remote port or service <service>[(<no>)] | <no>
\& LocalAddr Local host bind address hostname[:port]
\& LocalHost Synonym for LocalAddr
\& LocalPort Local host bind port <service>[(<no>)] | <no>
\& Proto Protocol name (or number) "tcp" | "udp" | ...
\& Type Socket type SOCK_STREAM | SOCK_DGRAM | ...
\& Listen Queue size for listen
\& ReuseAddr Set SO_REUSEADDR before binding
\& Reuse Set SO_REUSEADDR before binding (deprecated, prefer ReuseAddr)
\& ReusePort Set SO_REUSEPORT before binding
\& Broadcast Set SO_BROADCAST before binding
\& Timeout Timeout value for various operations
\& MultiHomed Try all adresses for multi-homed hosts
\& Blocking Determine if connection will be blocking mode
If \f(CW\*(C`Listen\*(C'\fR is defined then a listen socket is created, else if the
socket type, which is derived from the protocol, is \s-1SOCK_STREAM\s0 then
\&\fIconnect()\fR is called.
Although it is not illegal, the use of \f(CW\*(C`MultiHomed\*(C'\fR on a socket
which is in non-blocking mode is of little use. This is because the
first connect will never fail with a timeout as the connect call
The \f(CW\*(C`PeerAddr\*(C'\fR can be a hostname or the IP-address on the
\&\*(L"xx.xx.xx.xx\*(R" form. The \f(CW\*(C`PeerPort\*(C'\fR can be a number or a symbolic
service name. The service name might be followed by a number in
parenthesis which is used if the service is not known by the system.
The \f(CW\*(C`PeerPort\*(C'\fR specification can also be embedded in the \f(CW\*(C`PeerAddr\*(C'\fR
by preceding it with a \*(L":\*(R".
If \f(CW\*(C`Proto\*(C'\fR is not given and you specify a symbolic \f(CW\*(C`PeerPort\*(C'\fR port,
then the constructor will try to derive \f(CW\*(C`Proto\*(C'\fR from the service
name. As a last resort \f(CW\*(C`Proto\*(C'\fR \*(L"tcp\*(R" is assumed. The \f(CW\*(C`Type\*(C'\fR
parameter will be deduced from \f(CW\*(C`Proto\*(C'\fR if not specified.
If the constructor is only passed a single argument, it is assumed to
be a \f(CW\*(C`PeerAddr\*(C'\fR specification.
If \f(CW\*(C`Blocking\*(C'\fR is set to 0, the connection will be in nonblocking mode.
If not specified it defaults to 1 (blocking mode).
\& $sock = IO::Socket::INET->new(PeerAddr => 'www.perl.org',
\& PeerPort => 'http(80)',
\& $sock = IO::Socket::INET->new(PeerAddr => 'localhost:smtp(25)');
\& $sock = IO::Socket::INET->new(Listen => 5,
\& LocalAddr => 'localhost',
\& $sock = IO::Socket::INET->new('127.0.0.1:25');
\& $sock = IO::Socket::INET->new(PeerPort => 9999,
\& PeerAddr => inet_ntoa(INADDR_BROADCAST),
\& LocalAddr => 'localhost',
\& or die "Can't bind : $@\en";
\& NOTE NOTE NOTE NOTE NOTE NOTE NOTE NOTE NOTE NOTE NOTE NOTE
As of \s-1VERSION\s0 1.18 all IO::Socket objects have autoflush turned on
by default. This was not the case with earlier releases.
\& NOTE NOTE NOTE NOTE NOTE NOTE NOTE NOTE NOTE NOTE NOTE NOTE
Return the address part of the sockaddr structure for the socket
Return the port number that the socket is using on the local host
Return the address part of the sockaddr structure for the socket in a
Return the address part of the sockaddr structure for the socket on
Return the port number for the socket on the peer host.
Return the address part of the sockaddr structure for the socket on the
peer host in a text form xx.xx.xx.xx
Graham Barr. Currently maintained by the Perl Porters. Please report all
bugs to <perl5\-porters@perl.org>.
Copyright (c) 1996\-8 Graham Barr <gbarr@pobox.com>. All rights reserved.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.