Re: Sockets server HELP!

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On Thu, 2 May 2002, Jim W wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I have a sockets application that I'm having a problem with, and wonder if
> anyone can point me in the right direction.  The system is working, but it
> is also eating up the machine.
>
> When I run the server program in debug, I find that the return code from the
> select() statement is always coming back with a value of '1'.  In this
> particular case I sent one message from the client.  The server recognized
> the activity on the socket and issued a read against it, and processed the
> incomming message.  It then wrote the response back to the socket.  From
> that point on, with every loop through the code, it continues to show a
> return code of '1' for that socket, even though there are zero bytes read.
> Because of this it appears the select is never sleeping as it should, and
> the result is a fast running loop that is eating all the machine's
> resources.
>
> I've attached the main part of the code.  The select() is at 257.  I would
> appreciate any pointers you might have.
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
>
> Jim Whalen
> PH 972 429-8238
> jimw2001@hotmail.com
>