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Re: how to set the socket parameters when the socket is created so

Ian Collins

2007-02-28, 4:07 am

sunny wrote:
> Hai,
>
> how to set the socket parameters when the socket is created so that
> its file descriptor is not inherited by forked processes. I am facing
> a problem while creating a socket and then its descripotrs are
> inherited by the forked process when i restart my parent process it is
> shutting down because the port on which the socket is created is used
> by the previous child process.
>
Google for FD_CLOEXEC

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Ian Collins.

Ian Collins

2007-02-28, 4:07 am

Barry Margolin wrote:
> In article <54kfrfF218mukU6@mid.individual.net>,
> Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> That closes sockets only if the forked process calls exec().
>
I know, but it's a good place to start looking!

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Ian Collins.

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