timeout recv on tcp socket

[orcun colak]

I have a TCP socket. After connecing to the server I would like to recv data but recv is blocking. I would like to timeout after 5 seconds if server does not respond. How can I timeout the recv call.:( Thanks

[geo_m]

hmm using the asyncsockets usually, but I believe that int timeout = SOME_VALUE_IN_MILLISEC; // 5000 in your case (5sec) setsockopt( sock, SOL_SOCKET, SO_RCVTIMEO, (char*)&timeout, sizeof(timeout) ); can help you. Look to the documentation. (valid only for Microsofts Winsock2)

[Anonymous]

Use something like WSAselect, or any of the other socket functions that allow you to wait on a socket for data. The benefit is that as well as waiting on the socket, you can also wait for other events in your program