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Simple chat server in perl
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#!/usr/bin/perl -w | |
# chat_server.pl | |
use strict; | |
use IO::Socket::INET; | |
my $port = shift or die "Port required!\n"; | |
my $socket = IO::Socket::INET->new( | |
LocalPort => $port, | |
Proto => 'tcp', | |
Listen => SOMAXCONN | |
) or die "Can't create socket: $!!\n"; | |
my $child; | |
print "Listening for clients on $port...\n"; | |
REQUEST: | |
while(my $client = $socket->accept) { | |
my $addr = gethostbyaddr($client->peeraddr, AF_INET); | |
my $port = $client->peerport; | |
if($child = fork) { | |
print "New connection from $addr:$port\n"; | |
#close $client; | |
#next REQUEST; | |
} die "fork failed!\n" unless defined $child; | |
while (<$client>) { | |
print "[$addr:$port] says: $_"; | |
print $client "[$addr:$port] says: $_"; | |
} | |
} | |
close $socket; |
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