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-request@macperl.org