Un-Answered Questions { Unix Socket Programming }

How can I tell when a socket is closed on the other end?

960


Why does the sockets buffer fill up sooner than expected?

981


What is the difference between SO_REUSEADDR and SO_REUSEPORT?

1343


How can I set the timeout for the connect() system call?

1100


How do I convert a string into an internet address?

895


Is there any advantage to handling the signal, rather than just ignoring it and checking for the EPIPE error? Are there any useful parameters passed to the signal catching function?

1028


How can I force a socket to send the data in its buffer?

1082


What are the pros/cons of select(), non-blocking I/O and SIGIO?

961


Why does it take so long to detect that the peer died?

1136


Why do I get EPROTO from read()?

995


Whats the difference between select() and poll()?

1198


How do I use TCP_NODELAY?

1097


What is the difference between read() and recv()?

1579


system choose one for me on the connect() call? Should I bind() a port number in my client program, or let the?

1151


How can I write a multi-homed server?

1266