Re: Problem with sockets
Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Wed, 4 Dec 1996 21:19:56 +0000 (GMT)
> won't let you bind to that address again because the socket is stuck in one of
> the terminal states (FIN1? 2? CLOSING? I forget...) for 60 (or is it 62?)
> after your app closes the socket. It makes debugging socket-based
> applications really annoying :)
>
> So what gives? Neither Solaris nor SunOS (the two other OSes I have to use at
> work) behave in this fashion...
They do. Timing patterns may make it seem otherwise.
You should add the following to your application
int one=1;
setsockopt(socket_fd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_REUSEADDR, &one,sizeof(one));
Alan