Re: Re: Checking whether or not IO::Socket::accept will block

[Vautrin]

I don't think so. I am not trying to worry about the reading in from the sockets and file handles -- that is what the children is for. What I want is a way to call accept -- i.e. allow a client to connect -- without having accept wait until there is a client to connect. It seems like something that must have been dealt with before, because if accept waits for a client to connect before returning the system is potentially stuck in an infinite loop.

[antirice]

I think you want to take a look at this.

[Vautrin]

Thank you++. I hadn't seen select used like that, and didn't know you could check whether or not there was anything to read on the main socket in order to check whether or not you can accept. It actually makes a lot of sense now that I think about it. <grins/>