RE: socket read -- RPG400-L

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Subject: RE: socket read
From: Buck Calabro <Buck.Calabro@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2001 11:31:59 -0500
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>How can I set a time-out value for a socket read?
>
>I had a client program that communicates
>with another box hang up for 30 minutes
>last Friday. It was waiting for a response.

There are several options open to you.
select()
fcntl() - set non-blocking mode

Scott Klement has an excellent sockets tutorial at
http://klement.dstorm.net/  Take the RPG link, then the Sockets & TCP
programming link.  There are plenty of examples.
  --buck

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