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PERL accept Function
Syntax
accept NEWSOCKET,GENERICSOCKET
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Definition and Usage
Accepts an incoming connection on the existing GENERICSOCKET, which should have been created with socket and bound to a local address using bind. The new socket, which will be used for communication with the client will be NEWSOCKET. GENERICSOCKET will remain unchanged.
Returned Value
Example
Have a look at socket example in Perl Socket Session.
You will often see accept() used inside a while loop as follows
while(1) {
accept( NEW_SOCKET, SOCKT );
.......
}
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