RE: What's the easiest way to find if a socket is connected?

Trenton D. Adams (adamst@telusplanet.net)
Fri, 13 Aug 1999 19:13:59 -0600


Run netstat! Look at the man page for details!

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-linux-net@vger.rutgers.edu
[mailto:owner-linux-net@vger.rutgers.edu] On Behalf Of Glynn Clements
Sent: August 12, 1999 4:28 AM
To: dave-mlist@bfnet.com
Cc: linux-net@vger.rutgers.edu
Subject: Re: What's the easiest way to find if a socket is connected?

dave-mlist@bfnet.com wrote:

> I know that I can read proc/X/fd, and crossreference with /proc/net/tcp,
but
> there must be an easier way to discover if a socket is connected or not.

Why do you need to read proc/X/fd? /proc/net/tcp should suffice.

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Glynn Clements <glynn@sensei.co.uk>

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