Socket Programming - accept() blocking

[Ryan]

I am trying to learn about socket programming, so I am creating a simple web 
server that receives connections and sends the requested file.  I have a start 
to the code, and this code works fine when built and ran on a true linux 
machine.  However, I have been having trouble getting it to work in Cygwin.

The error occurs in the following lines of code:

if ((s_curr = accept(s, (struct sockaddr *)  pin, addrlen)) == -1) 
{
printf(ERROR: accept\n);
}

printf(Connection Received\n);

The accept() command is not blocking, so as soon as I attempt to start the web 
server, it immediately returns the ERROR message.

Like I said, this code works fine on a true linux machine, so I was wondering 
if anybody had any suggestions as to why Cygwin is not blocking for this accept 
call.

Thanks,

Ryan


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Re: Socket Programming - accept() blocking

[Shankar Unni]

Ryan wrote:
if ((s_curr = accept(s, (struct sockaddr *)  pin, addrlen)) == -1) 
{
printf(ERROR: accept\n);
}

printf(Connection Received\n);
You'll have to quote a *little bit* more of the program (e.g. what you 
have initialized pin and addrlen with, and what calls you have made 
before that (socket(), bind(), etc.)

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