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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.bhp.com.au!mel.dit.csiro.au!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!alterdial.uu.net!not-for-mail From: jalvarez@uno.com Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.os.linux.development.apps Subject: Checking for a closed socket connection Date: Wed, 24 Jan 96 09:50:17 PDT Lines: 8 Message-ID: <NEWTNews.822505959.29723.jalvarez@sundev.uno.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: pool051.max6.ffx1.va.dynip.alter.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Newsreader: NEWTNews & Chameleon -- TCP/IP for MS Windows from NetManage Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:13046 comp.os.linux.development.apps:11405 Is there a simple way to test a socket descriptor for a closed connection (e.g. if the connection to the other side was lost and is no longer valid) ? Thanks, --Jesus Alvarez