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Checking if socket is still open?

Hello,
I want to try to program a little server.
I already managed it to send a login message to the connected user, but
I wonder how it works to get information about the connection itself?
With this information, I want to close sockets, which are not in use
anymore (because of quitting by the client).
What's the usual way of programming things like that? I mean, which
return value of which command is usually used for things like that?

I'm using C with Linux.
Nov 14 '05 #1
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Markus Pitha <ma****@pithax. net> writes:
I want to try to program a little server.
I already managed it to send a login message to the connected user, but
I wonder how it works to get information about the connection itself?
With this information, I want to close sockets, which are not in use
anymore (because of quitting by the client).
What's the usual way of programming things like that? I mean, which
return value of which command is usually used for things like that?

I'm using C with Linux.


Standard C has no sockets. Try comp.unix.progr ammer.

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Nov 14 '05 #2
On Mon, 02 May 2005 17:05:20 GMT, in comp.lang.c , Markus Pitha
<ma****@pithax. net> wrote:
Hello,
I want to try to program a little server.
I already managed it to send a login message to the connected user, but
I wonder how it works to get information about the connection itself?


this isnt a C question, but rather a question about how to use
sockets. Try comp.unix.progr ammer, as this is much more ontopic there.

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