connectionless use recvfrom/recvmsg.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Angus Lees" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2001 2:04 PM
Subject: [SLUG] Re: EINVAL on socket read (Michael Still)
> \begin{[EMAIL PROTECTED]}
> > You use recv() for sockets, not read(), dummy! ;-P (I made that very
same
> > mistake while porting UNIX sockets programs to winsock at some
ridiculous
> > hour like 4a.m. a couple of days ago.... took me a few hours to realise
what
> > I had done, and I have been programming sockets for years).
> >
> > if (recv(socketfd, readBuffer, howBigIsReadBuffer, YourFlags) == -1)
>
> read(2) should work fine on sockets, too. depends on exactly what type
> of information/control you want and read(2) tends to feel wierd on
> connection-less protocols.
>
> its not my fault winsock/windows decided *not* to make everything look
> like a file.
>
> --
> - Gus
>
>
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