Okay folks. I want to force the close of Sockets that are in close-wait status. Basically, I have some 100 connections which are in close0wait status and will not get a formal close confirm from the source. I need to close these sockets or the server will eventually stop performing as too many sockets will be open. These are all tcp connections.

I have not been able to find a utility that can do this and am not sure of the best approch. I want to be able to grep all sockets attached to a specific port:

easy with a system(): first nbtstat or netstat to grab a socket report, then grep the socket report based on a given port. However, I am not sure how to kill the socket. netstat does not appear to support this.

Has anyone had any experience with forcing the close of a socket before?
Are there any pitfalls to this?
Should I be trying something else?

Thanks,
Simon

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