PERL accept Function

Syntax

accept NEWSOCKET,GENERICSOCKET

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

• 0 on failure
• Packed address of remote host on success

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 ); ....... }