[vdr] Re: how detect vdr has closed socket in c++?

[Sascha Volkenandt <lists@magoa.net>]

Am Montag, 16. Februar 2004 20:46 schrieb Guido Fiala:
> As to allow to set a small SVDRP-timeout without kvdr loosing a command -
> how to detect if vdr has closed the socket?
>
> I tried to check errno after calling write(), but this helps just after the
> second write()-operation on the socket and then it's too late.
> Some other way i missed?

Well, not sure if this is the cleanest way, but I usually try if a socket is 
signalled for reading (means poll for read returns true on this socket), and 
if a subsequent read returns 0, that signals eof, meaning the socket is 
closed (at least for reading, but this usually is enough).

Greetings,
Sascha



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