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12 years ago

Can the connect() for a TCP client be configured as "blocking" ?

I'm developing a TCP client using NicheStack. Can the connect() for a TCP client be configured as "blocking" ? Currently, if no server is listening for the connection the connect() returns -...
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12 years ago

Yes, the socket is blocking by default.

In order to set non-blocking mode you must call:

setsockopt(your_socket, SOL_SOCKET, SO_NONBLOCK, &max_socket, sizeof(int));

IIRC you could also set the default behaviour in Nichestack configuration file ipport.h