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Article #719Re: 'could not bind socket' error
From: Dennis Jones
Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2007 20:48
Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2007 20:48
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"Dennis Jones" <nospam@nospam.com> wrote in message news:47434723$1@newsgroups.borland.com... >>> I have checked "netstat -a" for any indication that the port is in >>> use, but am never able to find anything. >> >> Why not? > > If I knew the answer to that, I wouldn't be asking the question in the > first place!! That's the whole point..."netstat -a" does not show any > application instances that reference the port number I am trying to open > in my server. So if netstat does *not* show the port is in use, why would > the server socket complain that it *is* in use? That's the essence of my > question. I can find no indication whatsoever that the port is in use, > yet the server complains. How can that be? Oh, by the way, when the application is running normally, I *can* find the port number listed with "netstat -a". So it is only strange cases when the application gives the error and I cannot find the port number listed with "netstat -a" that I am trying to understand. - Dennis
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