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   From: grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se   
      
   On Fri, 28 Aug 2009 16:39:33 -0700 (PDT), 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.   
      
   OK; I just thought TCP was such a protocol. Making read()s fail and   
   telling the peer on the other side that the socket RX buffer is full   
   seemed right to me -- given that I thought shutdown() on a TCP socket   
   kind of transformed it from two octet streams into just one.   
      
   On the other hand, now that you mention it I cannot quite see the   
   purpose. It doesn't matter if I shutdown or not; I have to design the   
   protocol between the two applications in the same way.   
      
   /Jorgen   
      
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