recv and MSG_WAITALL

[Barry Margolin]

In article <82bf05fc.0307301943.14d7c7e@posting.google.com> ,
Michael <msh@mindless.com> wrote:

>I am trying to read a non-blocking socket using recv and MSG_WAITALL.
>It does not seem to work under Solaris 8.
>
>Can anyone confirm this is the case, or is there some trick?

If you want it to block, don't use a non-blocking socket.

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[David Schwartz]

"Barry Margolin" <barry.margolin@level3.com> wrote in message
news:D6aWa.1$hu1.0@news.level3.com...

> In article <82bf05fc.0307301943.14d7c7e@posting.google.com> ,
> Michael <msh@mindless.com> wrote:

> >I am trying to read a non-blocking socket using recv and MSG_WAITALL.
> >It does not seem to work under Solaris 8.
> >
> >Can anyone confirm this is the case, or is there some trick?

>
> If you want it to block, don't use a non-blocking socket.

Not to mention, if you're waiting for the other side to send more while
the other side is waiting for you to receive to make buffer space available,
you'll deadlock.

DS