On Thu, Nov 14, 2002 at 01:28:41PM +0100, Thomas Pfaff wrote:
>Dr. M. C. Nelson wrote:
>>Dear mailing list:
>>
>>The following code works well on a Linux platform,
>>
>> int sockfd;
>> char buf[1024];
>> struct sockaddr fromaddr;
>> int fromlen;
>>
>> if ( (retv = recvfrom( sockfd, buf, sizeof(buf), 0, &fromaddr,&fromlen ))
>> <
>>0 )
>> {
>> perror( "udpclient: recvfrom" );
>> }
>>
>>However, in cygwin the following error message is produced:
>>
>> udpclient: recvfrom: Bad address
>>
>>Can anyone tell me how to get pas this problem?
>
>You must initialize fromlen with sizeof(fromaddr) prior to recvfrom.
>
>int fromlen = sizeof(fromaddr).
Doh! Nice catch, Thomas.
cgf
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