<!-- MHonArc v2.4.4 --> <!--X-Subject: Re: [MUD-Dev] OT: Socket programming - platform specific --> <!--X-From-R13: "Xba O. Znzoreg" <wyflfvapNvk.argpbz.pbz> --> <!--X-Date: Sat, 24 Jan 1998 19:46:36 +0000 --> <!--X-Message-Id: 199801241946.NAA15649@dfw-ix9.ix.netcom.com --> <!--X-Content-Type: text/plain --> <!--X-Reference: 9801231451.8r8g@ami-cg.GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA --> <!--X-Head-End--> <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <html> <head> <title>MUD-Dev message, Re: [MUD-Dev] OT: Socket programming - platform specific</title> <!-- meta name="robots" content="noindex,nofollow" --> <link rev="made" href="mailto:jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com"> </head> <body background="/backgrounds/paperback.gif" bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000" link="#0000FF" alink="#FF0000" vlink="#006000"> <font size="+4" color="#804040"> <strong><em>MUD-Dev<br>mailing list archive</em></strong> </font> <br> [ <a href="../">Other Periods</a> | <a href="../../">Other mailing lists</a> | <a href="/search.php3">Search</a> ] <br clear=all><hr> <!--X-Body-Begin--> <!--X-User-Header--> <!--X-User-Header-End--> <!--X-TopPNI--> Date: [ <a href="msg00303.html">Previous</a> | <a href="msg00305.html">Next</a> ] Thread: [ <a href="msg00295.html">Previous</a> | <a href="msg00306.html">Next</a> ] Index: [ <A HREF="author.html#00304">Author</A> | <A HREF="#00304">Date</A> | <A HREF="thread.html#00304">Thread</A> ] <!--X-TopPNI-End--> <!--X-MsgBody--> <!--X-Subject-Header-Begin--> <H1>Re: [MUD-Dev] OT: Socket programming - platform specific</H1> <HR> <!--X-Subject-Header-End--> <!--X-Head-of-Message--> <UL> <LI><em>To</em>: <A HREF="mailto:mud-dev#null,net">mud-dev#null,net</A></LI> <LI><em>Subject</em>: Re: [MUD-Dev] OT: Socket programming - platform specific</LI> <LI><em>From</em>: "Jon A. Lambert" <<A HREF="mailto:jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com">jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com</A>></LI> <LI><em>Date</em>: Sat, 24 Jan 1998 14:48:51 -4</LI> <LI><em>Comments</em>: Authenticated sender is <jlsysinc#popd,ix.netcom.com></LI> <LI><em>Reply-to</em>: <A HREF="mailto:jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com">jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com</A></LI> </UL> <!--X-Head-of-Message-End--> <!--X-Head-Body-Sep-Begin--> <HR> <!--X-Head-Body-Sep-End--> <!--X-Body-of-Message--> <PRE> On 23 Jan 98 at 7:57, Chris Gray wrote: > [Jon Lambert:] > > :Win32s,Win95 and WinNT sockets programming is virtually identical to > :Unix BSD sockets. > > Nod. Socket programming experience, at least at the level normally needed > for MUDs, should be interchangeable between UNIX and Win32. The *only* > Windows program I've done was to port my ToyMUD server to it, and the > changes were small (mostly involving the points Jon has mentioned about > the WSAStartup and WSAGetNextError stuff). ^^^^ <heh> I wish I had the above function. It sure would make debugging easier. Sort of a kernel precognition function. ;) > I did find that WinSock is > a bit pickier than UNIX - it cared about a wrongly initialized family in > an address, whereas UNIX didn't. The one issue I did not manage to resolve > is that of shutdown - a control-C typed in the shell window running the > server creates a thread in the server process, but does *not* interrupt > any currently executing WinSock call. So, using that technique to shut > down your server isn't fully satisfactory. However, WinSock seems to > silently shorten the waits on 'select' to about 10 seconds, so if you > have a 'ShutDown' flag which is checked in your main idle loop, you'll > end up shutting down within 10 seconds of the control-C. A possible solution is to install a SIGINT handler and from within it call WSACancelBlockingCall() followed by WSACleanup(). It should cancel outstanding Select()'s. -- --/*\ Jon A. Lambert - TychoMUD Internet:jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com /*\-- --/*\ Mud Server Developer's Page <<A HREF="http://www.netcom.com/~jlsysinc">http://www.netcom.com/~jlsysinc</A>> /*\-- --/*\ "Everything that deceives may be said to enchant" - Plato /*\-- </PRE> <!--X-Body-of-Message-End--> <!--X-MsgBody-End--> <!--X-Follow-Ups--> <HR> <ul compact><li><strong>Follow-Ups</strong>: <ul> <li><strong><A NAME="00306" HREF="msg00306.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] OT: Socket programming - platform specific</A></strong> <ul compact><li><em>From:</em> Caliban Tiresias Darklock <caliban#darklock,com></li></ul> </UL></LI></UL> <!--X-Follow-Ups-End--> <!--X-References--> <UL><LI><STRONG>References</STRONG>: <UL> <LI><STRONG><A NAME="00295" HREF="msg00295.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] OT: Socket programming - platform specific</A></STRONG> <UL><LI><EM>From:</EM> cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA (Chris Gray)</LI></UL></LI> </UL></LI></UL> <!--X-References-End--> <!--X-BotPNI--> <UL> <LI>Prev by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00303.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Clients based on Netscape 5?</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00305.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Clients based on Netscape 5?</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Prev by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00295.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] OT: Socket programming - platform specific</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00306.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] OT: Socket programming - platform specific</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Index(es): <UL> <LI><A HREF="index.html#00304"><STRONG>Date</STRONG></A></LI> <LI><A HREF="thread.html#00304"><STRONG>Thread</STRONG></A></LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> <!--X-BotPNI-End--> <!--X-User-Footer--> <!--X-User-Footer-End--> <ul><li>Thread context: <BLOCKQUOTE><UL> <LI><STRONG>Re: [MUD-Dev] Clients based on Netscape 5?</STRONG>, <EM>(continued)</EM> <ul compact> <ul compact> <ul compact> <ul compact> <LI><strong><A NAME="00311" HREF="msg00311.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Clients based on Netscape 5?</A></strong>, Vadim Tkachenko <a href="mailto:vadimt#4cs,com">vadimt#4cs,com</a>, Sun 25 Jan 1998, 18:28 GMT </LI> </ul> </ul> <LI><strong><A NAME="00442" HREF="msg00442.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Clients based on Netscape 5?</A></strong>, coder <a href="mailto:coder#ibm,net">coder#ibm,net</a>, Thu 12 Feb 1998, 22:07 GMT </LI> </ul> </ul> </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00301" HREF="msg00301.html">Clients based on Netscape 5?</A></strong>, Greg Munt <a href="mailto:greg#uni-corn,demon.co.uk">greg#uni-corn,demon.co.uk</a>, Sat 24 Jan 1998, 01:16 GMT <LI><strong><A NAME="00295" HREF="msg00295.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] OT: Socket programming - platform specific</A></strong>, Chris Gray <a href="mailto:cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA">cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA</a>, Fri 23 Jan 1998, 15:49 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00304" HREF="msg00304.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] OT: Socket programming - platform specific</A></strong>, Jon A. Lambert <a href="mailto:jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com">jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com</a>, Sat 24 Jan 1998, 19:46 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00306" HREF="msg00306.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] OT: Socket programming - platform specific</A></strong>, Caliban Tiresias Darklock <a href="mailto:caliban#darklock,com">caliban#darklock,com</a>, Sun 25 Jan 1998, 01:15 GMT </LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00297" HREF="msg00297.html">RE: [MUD-Dev] Graphical mud perspectives</A></strong>, Koster, Raph <a href="mailto:rkoster#origin,ea.com">rkoster#origin,ea.com</a>, Fri 23 Jan 1998, 15:47 GMT <UL> <li><Possible follow-up(s)><br> <LI><strong><A NAME="00298" HREF="msg00298.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Graphical mud perspectives</A></strong>, Mike Sellers <a href="mailto:mike#online-alchemy,com">mike#online-alchemy,com</a>, Fri 23 Jan 1998, 17:42 GMT </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00299" HREF="msg00299.html">RE: [MUD-Dev] Graphical mud perspectives</A></strong>, Koster, Raph <a href="mailto:rkoster#origin,ea.com">rkoster#origin,ea.com</a>, Fri 23 Jan 1998, 18:21 GMT </LI> </UL> </LI> </UL></BLOCKQUOTE> </ul> <hr> <center> [ <a href="../">Other Periods</a> | <a href="../../">Other mailing lists</a> | <a href="/search.php3">Search</a> ] </center> <hr> </body> </html>