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galapogos · Feb 15th, 2005, 9:03 PM

Hi,
Can anyone tell me how I can specify a timeout value for a blocking "recvfrom(socket, pack, sizeof(Packet), 0, (struct sockaddr *)&host, &hostlen);" call?

I searched around and from what I've found, I need to set a timeout value in a timeval struct(which I can do), and somehow use select(), which I'm not very sure of how to use.

This is for a UDP data transfer btw.

Thanks!

galapogos · Feb 16th, 2005, 2:08 PM

bump!

Feb 15th, 2005, 9:03 PM	#1
galapogos Newbie Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 4 Rep Power: 0	How to specify a timeout for recvfrom()? Hi, Can anyone tell me how I can specify a timeout value for a blocking "recvfrom(socket, pack, sizeof(Packet), 0, (struct sockaddr *)&host, &hostlen);" call? I searched around and from what I've found, I need to set a timeout value in a timeval struct(which I can do), and somehow use select(), which I'm not very sure of how to use. This is for a UDP data transfer btw. Thanks!

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Feb 16th, 2005, 2:08 PM	#2
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How to specify a timeout for recvfrom()?