IO::Socket::UNIX

Section: Perl Programmers Reference Guide (3perl)
Updated: 2019-04-20
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NAME

IO::Socket::UNIX - Object interface for AF_UNIX domain sockets

SYNOPSIS

    use IO::Socket::UNIX;

    my $SOCK_PATH = "$ENV{HOME}/unix-domain-socket-test.sock";

    # Server:
    my $server = IO::Socket::UNIX->new(
        Type => SOCK_STREAM(),
        Local => $SOCK_PATH,
        Listen => 1,
    );

    my $count = 1;
    while (my $conn = $server->accept()) {
        $conn->print("Hello " . ($count++) . "\n");
    }

    # Client:
    my $client = IO::Socket::UNIX->new(
        Type => SOCK_STREAM(),
        Peer => $SOCK_PATH,
    );

    # Now read and write from $client

DESCRIPTION

"IO::Socket::UNIX" provides an object interface to creating and using sockets in the AF_UNIX domain. It is built upon the IO::Socket interface and inherits all the methods defined by IO::Socket.

CONSTRUCTOR

new ( [ARGS] )

Creates an "IO::Socket::UNIX" object, which is a reference to a newly created symbol (see the "Symbol" package). "new" optionally takes arguments, these arguments are in key-value pairs.

In addition to the key-value pairs accepted by IO::Socket, "IO::Socket::UNIX" provides.

    Type        Type of socket (eg SOCK_STREAM or SOCK_DGRAM)
    Local       Path to local fifo
    Peer        Path to peer fifo
    Listen      Queue size for listen

If the constructor is only passed a single argument, it is assumed to be a "Peer" specification.

If the "Listen" argument is given, but false, the queue size will be set to 5.

METHODS

hostpath(): Returns the pathname to the fifo at the local end
peerpath(): Returns the pathanme to the fifo at the peer end

AUTHOR

Graham Barr. Currently maintained by the Perl Porters. Please report all bugs to <perlbug@perl.org>.