Re: recv in TCPSession

[David Sugar]

Why are you using Readline() rather than getline()?


Srinivasa T.N. wrote:

> David Sugar wrote:
>
> > gcount() should return the number of bytes received from the last 
> > stream operation.
> >
> > Srinivasa T.N. wrote:
> >
> > > Hi All,
> > >   In TCPSession, we can do "*tcp >>" insted of "recv" on the socket.  
> > > But, Is there way to find the length of the buffer I received with 
> > >  >>, because I can do something like length == -1 or length == 0......
> > >   Or, is it that I have to construct a class of my own deriving it 
> > > from SocketPort and Thread...
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Seenu.
> I am using TCP fo communicating between Server and Client.  In Server, I 
> want to read line by line that is sent by Client.  I am using Readline() 
> function in Socket class.  I want to check error, but I dont want to use 
> exceptions.  After Readline, gcount() alwaysreturn the length read or 
> 0.  If my client gets ^C, then at server gcount() returns me 0 (normally 
> recv returns 0 but on other conditions -1, but gcount() always retuns 
> +ve or 0)..  Due to this, my check is failing, what should I do for 
> that????
>
> Regards,
> Seenu.