Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 06 Mar 2001 20:30:46 +0100 | From | Alessandro Baretta <> | Subject | Re: Inadequate documentation: sockets |
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kuznet@ms2.inr.ac.ru wrote: > > Hello! > > > The manual specifies the following flag to be returned by the > > kernel > > [smip] > > The information is is not quite correct. > [snip]
The information you gave me sounds interesting, but it is conflict with the documentation. This was my original assertion: the documentation on the subject is inadequate.
> > Finally I'm left with my original problem: how am I supposed to > > detect a close or a shutdown from the peer? > > By EOF. No other way exists. POLLHUP is local condition, only > local side can close connection in write direction. Exception > is abort (reset) initiated by peer.
What do you mean by "local condition"? You surely do not mean that the event which provokes the POLLHUP occours on my host? What about a shutdown(sock, SHUT_RD) called by the peer?
> > by addressing me to more adequate documentation. > > UNIX98 and Austin draft pages. The are very ambiguous though. > Hmmmm....
Thank you very much!
Alex
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