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11 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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11 years ago

After doing further investigation (using the debugger), the error causing the connect() to return -1 is ECONNREFUSED.

Of course, since there's no server listening for this client that would make sense but since the connect() should

be blocked until the server is listening, why is the error ECONNREFUSED ?