From: Khalid Aziz <khalid@fc.hp.com>
To: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Cc: Alessandro Baretta <alex@baretta.com>,
Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Inadequate documentation: sockets
Date: Tue, 06 Mar 2001 12:05:04 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3AA518C0.A0194586@fc.hp.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <E14aMHj-0001E1-00@the-village.bc.nu>
Alan Cox wrote:
>
> > =46inally I'm left with my original problem: how am I supposed to
> > detect a close or a shutdown from the peer? Once again, I thank in
> > advance anyone who will lend me a hand by explaining this to me or
> > by addressing me to more adequate documentation.
>
> By an EOF on read or getting SIGPIPE/EPIPE on a write. You might want to pick
> up a book on the subject of network programming. There are some very nice ones
> around
As Alan already pointed out, a book on network programming can answer
these questions. I would recommend "UNIX Network Programming, Volume 1:
Networking APIs - Sockets and XTI" by W. Richard Stevens.
--
Khalid
====================================================================
Khalid Aziz Linux Development Laboratory
(970)898-9214 Hewlett-Packard
khalid@fc.hp.com Fort Collins, CO
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-03-06 19:05 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-03-06 18:14 Inadequate documentation: sockets Alessandro Baretta
2001-03-06 18:34 ` Alan Cox
2001-03-06 17:05 ` Khalid Aziz [this message]
2001-03-06 19:26 ` kuznet
2001-03-06 19:30 ` Alessandro Baretta
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