#!/usr/bin/env perl

use IO::Socket;
use File::Spec;

$socket = IO::Socket::INET->new(PeerAddr => "127.0.0.1",
                                PeerPort => 1234,
                                Proto    => "tcp",
                                Type     => SOCK_STREAM);

my $absolute_path = File::Spec->rel2abs($ARGV[0]);

# Send the length of string as a byte.
$socket->send(chr(length($absolute_path)));
# Send the first argument as a string.
$socket->send($absolute_path);