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- From: Frank@mindlink.bc.ca (Frank I. Reiter)
- Newsgroups: comp.unix.programmer
- Subject: TCP/IP connections, how does the blocking work?
- Message-ID: <13700@mindlink.bc.ca>
- Date: 24 Jul 92 14:13:58 GMT
- Organization: MIND LINK! - British Columbia, Canada
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- I am considering moving relatively large amounts of data from a fast
- originating process on one machine, to a relatively slow receiving process on
- another machine via sockets.
-
- If the originating process attempts to write a few megabytes more than the
- receiving process has read, will it block, what causes it to block, and how far
- ahead is it likely to get before it does block?
-
- I want to make sure I will not be placing undo stress on the receiving machine
- by causing it to try to buffer data not yet read by the process it is intended
- for. Can the receiving machine cause the sending machine to cause the sending
- process to block?
-
- Frank.
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