Un-Answered Questions { Unix Socket Programming }

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

964


Why does the sockets buffer fill up sooner than expected?

986


What is the difference between SO_REUSEADDR and SO_REUSEPORT?

1347


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

1104


How do I convert a string into an internet address?

898


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?

1032


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

1086


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

963


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

1142


Why do I get EPROTO from read()?

999


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

1203


How do I use TCP_NODELAY?

1101


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

1583


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

1155


How can I write a multi-homed server?

1269