Re: Does close() close a TCP socket?

Richard B. Johnson (root@chaos.analogic.com)
Mon, 16 Feb 1998 18:07:52 -0500 (EST)

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In reply to: Marc Singer: "Does close() close a TCP socket?"

close(s) does, indeed close the socket. However, if you want to use the
same port within a short period of time, you have to use:

setsockopt(s, SO_REUSEADDR,....)

Cheers,
Dick Johnson
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