[ruby-talk:14294] Re: basic socket question

As I went through the pickaxe, I created a file called socket.rb.  Well,
when I wrote a new program, include socket did what you would expect
and didn't work.  Also, make sure you can do a 
telnet services.xmethods.com 80

rick

R. Mark Volkmann([e-mail])@2001.04.27 09:58:27 +0000:
> This should be an easy one for anyone that has successfully used sockets in
> Ruby.
> What is wrong with this two-line program?
> 
> require 'socket'
> socket = TCPSocket.new('services.xmethods.net', 80)
> 
> I get the following when I run it.
> 
> SocketTest.rb:2:in `new': Invalid argument - "connect(2)" (Errno::EINVAL)
>         from SocketTest.rb:2
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