1 port, listening and connecting, how to

Hi,

I am implementing a client using TCP/IP and Berkeley sockets. I would like
to have one port to connect to the server AND listen to incoming
connections. I don't know how to do this.

Would I have to use threads, forks? Is there a way to do this without
threads, forks?

Thank you so much for your help.

Marcia Hon

Marcia Hon <honm@rogers.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am implementing a client using TCP/IP and Berkeley sockets. I would like
> to have one port to connect to the server AND listen to incoming
> connections. I don't know how to do this.

Using select(2). fork(2) would also be a solution, depending on what you
wanted to do.

Search for 'beej' on Google and hit the first link.

And then go out and by 'UNIX Network Programming', by Stevens.

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