Re: How to check if the other application exists using UDP sockets

madhav_a_kelkar_at_hotmail.com
Date: 05/26/05 

Date: 26 May 2005 06:57:03 -0700

Pascal Bourguignon wrote:
> madhav_a_kelkar@hotmail.com writes:
> > I am using UDP sockets to send messages to a process. If
> > suppose the process which is supposed to recieve the UDP packets has
> > died. Then is there any way to know that the process has died when
> > sending packets to that process using sendto()?
> >
> > The reson for this question is since the socket is
> > connectionless, the SIGPIPE is not generated even if the other process
> > has died. and sendto() does not give any error even if the other end
> > has died. Is there any work around for this? Thanks in advance for the
> > answer.
>
> On linux:
>
> netstat -unpl
>
> (best results under root).
>

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Thanks for your reply. But I needed a way to verify it through program,
not from the command line.

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