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   Message 13,906 of 14,669   
   Barry Margolin to Rick Jones   
   Re: Linux: stopping TCP i/o in progress    
   07 Nov 12 20:50:50   
   
   From: barmar@alum.mit.edu   
      
   In article ,   
    Rick Jones  wrote:   
      
   > Once the send() call completes, from that point on, there is no   
   > control (that I can think of) short of closing the socket to keep TCP   
   > from trying to keep sending it.   
      
   I don't think that will do it, either.  Closing the socket will continue   
   to send everything that's buffered, and then send the FIN to indicate   
   EOF.   
      
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   Barry Margolin   
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