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Perl 5 version 16.0 documentation
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# socket

Perl functions A-Z | Perl functions by category | The 'perlfunc' manpage

- socket SOCKET,DOMAIN,TYPE,PROTOCOL

  Opens a socket of the specified kind and attaches it to filehandle SOCKET. DOMAIN, TYPE, and PROTOCOL are specified the same as for the syscall of the same name. You should `use Socket` first to get the proper definitions imported. See the examples in Sockets: Client/Server Communication in perlipc.

  On systems that support a close-on-exec flag on files, the flag will be set for the newly opened file descriptor, as determined by the value of $^F. See $^F in perlvar.