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Re: [Plug] sockets


Alexander John Batyi discourseth:
> Please forgive me for the nonlinux specific post.  (please please please)
> 
> How does one know a client socket has dropped off in C++.  Write to it and
> catch the "broken pipe" exception?

I prefer to ignore SIGPIPEs and notice the error return and EPIPE
errno during i/o operations.  However, I second that you should see
_Unix Network Programming_ (2nd ed., vol 1).

Eric

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