recv timeout
Eric Norum
norume at aps.anl.gov
Sat Sep 25 00:34:05 UTC 2004
On Sep 24, 2004, at 11:57 AM, Steve Holle wrote:
> I have a simple socket application and I would like to timeout recv
> after a fixed period of inactivity. I found an article showing how to
> do it using select but I am under the impression this is not
> supported.
>
> What would be the best way to accomplish the timeout.
select() works with sockets, but is a very expensive call. A better
technique is to use the SO_RCVTIMEO socket option.
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Eric Norum <norume at aps.anl.gov>
Advanced Photon Source
Argonne National Laboratory
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