satish@lamont.ldgo.columbia.edu (satish paranjpe) (02/01/91)
Hi ! I have a question regarding the write system call. I have a client and a server model implemeted on Sun 4s . The server and the client communicate with write and read to the sockets after a connection is established. My program works fine. The question I have is-- What happens if the client executes a write and for some reason (say heavy traffic on the net) it takes a long time to reach the server. Does the write system call report any timeout errors ? Right now I schedule an alarm and catch it to determine that the net is busy and the write has to be tried again . Is there a better way of doing it ? Please reply by email. Thanks Satish. satish@lamont.columbia.edu