> Thanks for your prompt response: > > > Cockpit error. You left out a few headers. > > - string.h is needed for memset() > > - unistd.h is needed for alarm() > > - arpa/inet.h is needed for inet_addr() > > > > After that it works fine. > > The addition of these include files does make gcc -Wall happier, but > it not change the behavior of the program at run-time. Under Cygwin on > my XP box, it still waits many seconds for the connect() to timeout > and then returns with a "Connection timed out" error, instead of > returning after the 2 second alarm with the desired "Interrupted > system call" error.
I believe I have found the problem. In order for your program to work as expected you will need SA_INTERRUPT , which is not defined in /usr/include/sys/signal.h . So it just laggs until it gets to the "Network unreachable" error. I'm not to sure the reason why it's not there (?). Regards, Elfyn McBratney [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.exposure.org.uk -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
