Is there a good test anyone knows of to tell if a filehandle (specifically a socket) is really open? I've tried fileno(FILEHANDLE), but it likes to return the descriptor even if the filehandle has been disconnected. - strider -- | --+-- A thing is worth what someone is willing to pay for it. | | ==== Want to unsubscribe from this list? ==== Send mail with body "unsubscribe" to macperl-anyperl-request@macperl.org