#!/usr/bin/perl print "client\n"; $AF_UNIX=1; $SOCK_STREAM=1; $PROTOCOL=0; socket(CLIENTSOCKET, $AF_UNIX, $SOCK_STREAM, $PROTOCOL); $name="./greetings"; do{ $result = connect(CLIENTSOCKET, "$name" ); if ($result != 1 ){ sleep(1); } }while($result != 1 ); # Loop until a connection is made read(CLIENTSOCKET, $buf, 500); print STDOUT "$buf\n"; close (CLIENTSOCKET); exit(0);