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   From: barmar@alum.mit.edu   
      
   In article   
   <7e5228a9-654a-47e8-8cad-9a5664907d79@x5g2000prf.googlegroups.com>,   
    David Schwartz  wrote:   
      
   > On Aug 28, 1:41 pm, Jorgen Grahn  wrote:   
   >   
   > > What is the BSD socket call shutdown(fd, SHUT_RD) supposed to do to   
   > > a TCP socket, really? I have a short program where I do   
   >   
   > Doing a shutdown(SHUT_RD) on a TCP socket is not sensible. You have to   
   > remember, that 'shutdown' is protocol-neutral and is designed to   
   > support protocols that have a meaningful way to shut down the read   
   > end.   
      
   Such as?   
      
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