From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Nov 10 11:18:48 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from serenity.mcc.ac.uk (serenity.mcc.ac.uk [130.88.200.93]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B787337B4CF for ; Fri, 10 Nov 2000 11:18:46 -0800 (PST) Received: from dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org ([130.88.200.97]) by serenity.mcc.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 2.05 #4) id 13uJhF-000036-00; Fri, 10 Nov 2000 19:18:45 +0000 Received: (from jcm@localhost) by dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) id TAA20888; Fri, 10 Nov 2000 19:18:44 GMT (envelope-from jcm) Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2000 19:18:44 +0000 From: j mckitrick To: Alfred Perlstein Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: programming a file transfer Message-ID: <20001110191844.A20862@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> References: <20001110152915.A18715@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> <20001110075020.D11449@fw.wintelcom.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i In-Reply-To: <20001110075020.D11449@fw.wintelcom.net>; from bright@wintelcom.net on Fri, Nov 10, 2000 at 07:50:20AM -0800 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG If I crash my server after opening and binding a socket, it won't let me bind it again obviously. How can I close this dangling socket? I need a descriptor, right? How can I get the descriptor in a new program run? I tried the man page for socket, but I can't find anything. jcm -- "That depends on what the meaning of the word 'is' is." -President Bill Clinton "I don't know what you mean by the word 'ask.'" -CEO Bill Gates To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message