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From: Khalid Aziz <khalid@fc.hp.com>
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Alan Cox wrote:
> 
> > =46inally I'm left with my original problem: how am I supposed to
> > detect a close or a shutdown from the peer? Once again, I thank in
> > advance anyone who will lend me a hand by explaining this to me or
> > by addressing me to more adequate documentation.
> 
> By an EOF on read or getting SIGPIPE/EPIPE on a write. You might want to pick
> up a book on the subject of network programming. There are some very nice ones
> around

As Alan already pointed out, a book on network programming can answer
these questions. I would recommend "UNIX Network Programming, Volume 1:
Networking APIs - Sockets and XTI" by W. Richard Stevens.

-- 
Khalid

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Khalid Aziz                             Linux Development Laboratory
(970)898-9214                                        Hewlett-Packard
khalid@fc.hp.com                                    Fort Collins, CO
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