From: Ori Idan (ori_at_nonexisting.hamakor.org.il)
Date: Fri 09 Jul 2004 - 11:51:33 IDT
Shachar Shemesh wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> There are two ways of closing a TCP socket. One is to use "close", and
> the other is to use "shutdown". The later allows half-closed sockets
> (i.e. - one side is closed, the other still open), which is a bonus.
> However, the info page for shutdown states that closing the write part
> (i.e. - saying you won't send any more data) will discard any unsent
> data. This is a problem when using asynchronous mode. The only
> workaround that pops to mind is to use fsync, which is blocking and
> thus unsuitable.
>
> Anyone have any idea how to solve this problem? I need an asynchronous
> way of knowing when it is ok to call "shutdown" without losing
> information sent to the socket.
>
> Shachar
>
I haven't seen anything about throwing the data, as much as I know,
close on the write side will
send any unsent data and then close.
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