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From: "Paul Murphy" <beginnersperl@zencore.co.uk>
> This *is* my new ISP. I understand their stance, they work are
> working from a standard security perspective. "Don't open it unless
> you need to". This is an admirable stance, although misapplied in
> this case. You always have to strike a balance between security and
> funcionality and I feel that they have erred more on the side of
> security than is necessary and so removed a fundamental part of
> functionality.
>
> So I need to work around the problem.
>
> Jenda has kindly provided me a way to get around it, and I have now
> encountered my next problem.
>
> getprotobyname() returns a list: { $name, $alias, $number }
>
> If I do
>
> @proto = getprotobyname();
> print @proto;
>
> I get "tcpTCP6".
>
> My getprotobyname() has a
>
> return { "tcp", "TCP", "6" } ;
>
> But if I do:
>
> @proto = getprotobyname();
> print @proto;
>
> I get HASH<whatever>.
Use round brackets, not curlies.
return ("tcp", "TCP", "6") ;
with curlies you create a new anonymous hash, not a list nor array.
Jenda
=========== Jenda@Krynicky.cz == http://Jenda.Krynicky.cz ==========
There is a reason for living. There must be. I've seen it somewhere.
It's just that in the mess on my table ... and in my brain.
I can't find it.
--- me
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