Re: Creating a TCP client, that receives and responds in individual packets

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It is difficult for an application to control sending individual packets over TCP. The server could be using UDP, which does use single packets, or it could be using a protocol with messages over a TCP stream. With the TCP server, use the low-level sysread/syswrite to make sure that you don't block waiting for data.

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Re: Re: Creating a TCP client, that receives and responds in individual packets by pg (Canon) on Nov 11, 2002 at 19:32 UTC
Here involves two different concepts: TCP reassembles all packets, and that is transparent to the end programmer. When your application reads from buffer, it shall take care of the boundary between packets.	[reply]

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