On Mon, 2009-04-06 at 11:29 +0100, T. Horsnell wrote: > Apologies for this off-topic post. Pls point me elsewhere if > there's a more suitable list. > > I'm using sendto and rcvfrom to handle a UDP connection to a > remote host. I send a msg using sendto, and then wait for > a reply using recvfrom, but I would like to be able to rapidly > timeout the rcvfrom if the remote host is down. > > The async I/O set of commands aio_* offer what looks like > the perfect solution, but they require that I use aio_read > and aio_write (equivalent to read(2) and write(2) ) rather > than sendto/recvfrom. > > I'd rather not sit in a loop waiting for a reply with > non-blocking I/O enabled. I'd much prefer to use blocking > I/O and have the recvfom come back to me either when the > input has completed, or it has timed out. > > Any suggestions how I might achieve this? > > Cheers, > Terry > Have you considered using non-blocking send/recv and then use select to "wait" on the socket(s)? It's a far cheaper (performance wise) solution. - Gilboa -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
