Losing Variable through Socket

[solaix]

I'm trying to pass a variable that has a period in it through a socket and keep losing the period and anything that follows.

Here is a SCALED DOWN version of my program
$errfile come in from the command line as /home/username/file.dat
When I read $arg on the Client side it contains /home/username/file ( the .dat is missing)

#On Master ( Sending side )
my $errfile = shift;
select(Server);
$| = 1;
print Server "userfile $errfile\n";
my ($servanswer) = <Server>;


#On Client ( Receiving side )
sub userfile
{
$usererr = &quot;ok&quot;;
my $arg = shift || die;
print Client &quot;$arg&quot;;
close (Client);
}

 

[PaulTEG]

Hi solaix,

Just clutching here ...

Full stop, or period, could mark the end of stream for a socket, so try escaping the period, or encoding it as some thing else

Hope that Helps
Paul