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From: chen@eagle.sangamon.edu (David Chen)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
Subject: accept in socket
Date: 8 Nov 1994 03:58:53 GMT
Organization: Sangamon State University
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I am currently working on socket programs. The program design is fairly simple:
one server accepting request from different clients through socket "channels".

However, since I am using connection type of sockets, I am having problem with
accept() system call. The server program will hang there if there is no
connection requests from clients. Is there any timeout algorithm for server
module? I mean after waiting for a while, server exit normally.

Please send me e-mail and any comments are appreciated.

Dave