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"Remy Lebeau \(TeamB\)" <gambit47@yahoo.com> wrote in
news:3f5afae1$3@newsgroups.borland.com: 

> "Dumboo" <dumboo@nowhere.com> wrote in message
> news:3f5aef07$1@newsgroups.borland.com...
> 
>> i have created a small server(using RAW BSD Socket API), which is by
>> default in Blocking mode, i want to convert it to a non-blocking mode
>> using only BSD Socket API's so that the server is portable across
>> platoforms, is it possible ? 
> 
> As far as I know, non-blocking sockets are a Microsoft Windows
> construct, they are based on HWND windows and posting window message
> notifications. Other platforms use just blocking sockets.
> 
> With that said, under MSWindows/WinSock at least, non-blocking sockets
> are enabled using ioctlsocket(FIONBIO) and then utilizing the various
> WSA...() functions introduced in WinSock for asynchronous socket
> operations, such as WSAAsyncGetHostByName(), WSAAsyncSelect(), etc. in
> addition to the standard socket functions such as socket(), connect(),
> listen(), etc.  I do not know whether FIONBIO or the WSA...()
> functions are available under other platforms besides MSWindows.

FIONBIO (and non-blocking i/o) is available on all unices

    	int one = 1;
    	ioctl(fd, FIONBIO, &one); 

WSA...() however, is for Windows only.

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