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   Message 13,907 of 14,669   
   Rick Jones to Barry Margolin   
   Re: Linux: stopping TCP i/o in progress    
   08 Nov 12 01:55:55   
   
   From: rick.jones2@hp.com   
      
   Barry Margolin  wrote:   
   > 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.   
      
   Perhaps by messing about with SO_LINGER first?  Either way, that   
   isn't, I suspect, really what the OP was looking for anyway.   
      
   rick   
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