Time server
#!/usr/bin/perl -T
#Usage: timeserver [port number]
use strict;
use warnings;
$port=9876;
$AF_INET=2;
$SOCK_STREAM = 1;
$sockaddr = 'S n a4 x8';
($name,$aliases,$proto)=getprotobyname('tcp');
if($port !~ /^\d+$/){
($name, $aliases, $port)=getservbyport($port,'tcp');
}
print "Port = $port\n";
$this = pack($sockaddr, $AF_INET, $port, "\0\0\0\0");
select(COMM_SOCK); $| = 1; select (STDOUT);
socket(R_SOCKET, $AF_INET, $SOCK_STREAM, $proto ) ||die "socket: $!\n";
bind(R_SOCKET, $this) || die "bind: $!\n";
listen(R_SOCKET, 5) || die "connect: $!\n";
while(1){
accept(COMM_SOCK, R_SOCKET) || die "$!\n";
$now = time;
print COMM_SOCK $now;
}
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