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From: robert@il.ft.hse.nl (Robert Klep)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.os.linux.development.apps
Subject: Re: Checking for a closed socket connection
Date: 25 Jan 1996 11:15:51 +0100
Organization: LSD...melts in your mind, not in your hand
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jalvarez@uno.com:
>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and is no longer valid) ?
read() to/write() from it and see if the function returns a -1 :)
robert