Re: Keeping a socket open
| From: | Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams | Date: | Mon, 27 Nov 2000 16:04:19 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Keeping a socket open | ||
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On Mon, 27 Nov 2000, Ovidiu EFTIMIE wrote:
> Hi,
> I have protocol between an application server (writen in Java) and a client
> who can send a command(opening a socket) to the app server and then waits
> for the answer.
> Is there a way to read for example the first byte of the answer , verify
> this byte and then read a specified lenght without closing the socket?
>
> Thanx,
> Ovidiu
>
AFAIK, only two conditions will close a socket:
1) Closing it manually, and
2) Letting the script end.
If neither of these happen, the socket will still be open.
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Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams <ignacio@openservices.net>