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From: jpdres14@usl-pc.UUCP (Collett Donald L)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: AF_INET Stream Sockets & Server/Client Models
Message-ID: <573@usl-pc.UUCP>
Date: 11 Jan 88 05:13:12 GMT
Reply-To: jpdres14@usl-pc.UUCP (Collett Donald L)
Organization: Univ. of Southwestern La., Lafayette
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Thanks to everyone who sent me mail in regards to my full-duplex question.  I
have since then made much progress running full-duplex sockets using select,
FD_ZERO, FD_SET, FD_ISSET, and FD_SETSIZE.

I now have a new question.  I am developing a server/client model.  Please note
that the server is NOT a child process of the client NOR is the client a child
process of the server.  Take the situation were the server and the client have
been connected and communicating on the AF_INET stream socket.  The user running
the client program suddenly types control-C or the client program dies for some
unknown reason.  How does the server detect that the client is dead?

Don Collett
jpdres14@usl-pc.USL
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