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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:navy'>Yes, I am an
idiot. The problem, of course, is that </span><span style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:navy'>S</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
color:navy'> is the tuple </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
Consolas;color:navy'>{ok,#Port<0.110>}</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
color:navy'>. It works fine when I actually pay attention:</span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;background:black'><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:lime'>32> <b>{ok, S} =
gen_tcp:connect("localhost", 1210, [{active, once}]).</b></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;background:black'><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:lime'>{ok,#Port<0.113>}</span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;background:black'><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:lime'>33> <b>inet:getopts(S,
[active]).</b>
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style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:lime'>{ok,[{active,once}]}</span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:navy'> </span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:navy'>Sorry for the
waste of bandwidth.</span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:navy'> </span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:navy'>David</span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:navy'> </span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:Tahoma'>From:</span></b><span
style='font-family:Tahoma'> David Mercer [mailto:dmercer@gmail.com] <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, August 08, 2007 11:06<br>
<b>To:</b> 'Erlang Questions'<br>
<b>Subject:</b> inet:getopts</span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>I can never get any good
response out of </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Consolas'>inet:getopts/2</span><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>:</span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;background:black'><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:lime'>1> <b>S =
gen_tcp:connect("localhost", 1210, [{active, once}]).</b></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;background:black'><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:lime'>{ok,#Port<0.110>}</span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;background:black'><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:lime'>2> <b>inet:getopts(S,
[active]).</b>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:lime'> </span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;background:black'><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:lime'>=ERROR REPORT====
8-Aug-2007::10:36:53 ===</span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;background:black'><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:lime'>Error in process
<0.62.0> with exit value: {function_clause,[{prim_inet,getopts,</span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;background:black'><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:lime'>[{ok,#Port<0.110>},[active]]},{erl_eval,do_apply,5},{shell,exprs,6},{shell,eval_</span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;background:black'><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:lime'>loop,3}]}</span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;background:black'><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:lime'> </span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;background:black'><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:lime'>** exited:
{function_clause,[{prim_inet,getopts,[{ok,#Port<0.110>},[active]]},</span></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:lime'>
{erl_eval,do_apply,5},</span></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:lime'>
{shell,exprs,6},</span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;background:black'><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:lime'>
{shell,eval_loop,3}]} **</span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>I have confirmed that I am
successfully making the connection. What am I doing wrong? I do not
understand the error report. Please advise. Thank-you.</span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>David Mercer</span></p>
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