3 files changed, 31 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/libvxi11client/perlbits/Client.pm b/libvxi11client/perlbits/Client.pm
index 605d864..df58e34 100644
--- a/libvxi11client/perlbits/Client.pm
+++ b/libvxi11client/perlbits/Client.pm
@@ -75,6 +75,27 @@ sub vxi_read {
 	return ($bytes, $string, $reason);
 }
 
+sub vxi_docmd {
+        my $self = shift;
+        my $cmd = shift;
+	my %args = (
+                datain => "",
+		datainlen => -1,
+		dataoutbufferlen => 256,
+                waitlock => 0,
+		autochomp => 1,
+                @_
+        );
+
+        my ($ret, $dataout, $dataoutlen) = vxi_docmd_long($self, $args{datain}, $args{datainlen}, $args{dataoutbufferlen}, $args{waitlock});
+
+        if ($args{autochomp}) {
+                chomp ($dataout);
+        }
+
+        return ($ret, $dataout);
+}
+
 1;
 __END__
 # Below is stub documentation for your module. You'd better edit it!
diff --git a/libvxi11client/perlbits/Client.xs b/libvxi11client/perlbits/Client.xs
index 0de2df3..48571d9 100644
--- a/libvxi11client/perlbits/Client.xs
+++ b/libvxi11client/perlbits/Client.xs
@@ -68,12 +68,17 @@ vxi_destroy_intr_chan(context)
 		RETVAL
 
 int
-vxi_docmd(context, cmd, waitforlock = 0)
+vxi_docmd_long(context, datain, datainlen, OUTLIST dataout, outbufferlen, OUTLIST dataoutlen, cmd, waitforlock = 0)
 	VXI11::Client context
+	char* datain
+	int datainlen
+	char* dataout
+	int outbufferlen
+	int dataoutlen
 	unsigned long	cmd
 	bool	waitforlock
 	CODE:
-		RETVAL = vxi11_docmd(context, cmd, waitforlock);
+		RETVAL = vxi11_docmd(context, datain, datainlen, dataout, outbufferlen, &dataoutlen, cmd, waitforlock);
 	OUTPUT:
 		RETVAL
 
diff --git a/libvxi11client/perlbits/VXI11-Client.t b/libvxi11client/perlbits/VXI11-Client.t
index affa622..8a09a55 100644
--- a/libvxi11client/perlbits/VXI11-Client.t
+++ b/libvxi11client/perlbits/VXI11-Client.t
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ BEGIN { use_ok('VXI11::Client') };
 
 &VXI11::Client::vxi_startinterruptserver();
 
-my $instr = &VXI11::Client::vxi_open("192.168.0.62", 0);
+my $address = "roi";
+my $instr = &VXI11::Client::vxi_open($address, 0);
 
 is($instr->vxi_lock(0), 1, "Lock");
 ok($instr->vxi_write("*idn?") > 0, "Write");
@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@ is($instr->vxi_clear(), 1, "Clear");
 is($instr->vxi_trigger(), 1, "Trigger");
 is($instr->vxi_local(), 1, "Local");
 is($instr->vxi_remote(), 1, "Remote");
+#ok($instr->vxi_docmd(1) < 1, "docmd"); #this should fail on the bb server
 is($instr->vxi_unlock(), 1, "Unlock");
 
 is($instr->vxi_close(), 1, "Close");