Lee Chin wrote: > Here is a slightly related question: > When I get a file descriptor via an accept system call... lets say the > remote client closes the connection pre-maturely. > > Will that file descriptor be re-assigned by Linux BEFORE I call cose on it? No. The descriptor is still valid at that point; e.g. calling read() on it will return 0 (signifying EOF), and calling close() on it will succeed (return 0, leave errno untouched). -- Glynn Clements <glynn.clements@virgin.net> - : send the line "unsubscribe linux-net" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org
