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Diffstat (limited to 'lib/kernel/doc/src/gen_tcp.xml')
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1 files changed, 22 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/lib/kernel/doc/src/gen_tcp.xml b/lib/kernel/doc/src/gen_tcp.xml index e97db20062..e6104b0c76 100644 --- a/lib/kernel/doc/src/gen_tcp.xml +++ b/lib/kernel/doc/src/gen_tcp.xml @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ <erlref> <header> <copyright> - <year>1997</year><year>2016</year> + <year>1997</year><year>2017</year> <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder> </copyright> <legalnotice> @@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ server() -> {ok, Sock} = gen_tcp:accept(LSock), {ok, Bin} = do_recv(Sock, []), ok = gen_tcp:close(Sock), + ok = gen_tcp:close(LSock), Bin. do_recv(Sock, Bs) -> @@ -140,6 +141,23 @@ do_recv(Sock, Bs) -> <fsummary>Close a TCP socket.</fsummary> <desc> <p>Closes a TCP socket.</p> + <p>Note that in most implementations of TCP, doing a <c>close</c> does + not guarantee that any data sent is delivered to the recipient before + the close is detected at the remote side. If you want to guarantee + delivery of the data to the recipient there are two common ways to + achieve this.</p> + <list type="ordered"> + <item><p>Use <seealso marker="#shutdown/2"> + <c>gen_tcp:shutdown(Sock, write)</c></seealso> to signal that + no more data is to be sent and wait for the read side of the + socket to be closed.</p> + </item> + <item><p>Use the socket option <seealso marker="inet#packet"> + <c>{packet, N}</c></seealso> (or something similar) to make + it possible for the receiver to close the connection when it + knowns it has received all the data.</p> + </item> + </list> </desc> </func> @@ -292,9 +310,9 @@ do_recv(Sock, Bs) -> <seealso marker="inet#setopts/2"><c>inet:setopts/2</c></seealso>. </p></item> </taglist> - <p>The returned socket <c><anno>ListenSocket</anno></c> can only be - used in calls to - <seealso marker="#accept/1"><c>accept/1,2</c></seealso>.</p> + <p>The returned socket <c><anno>ListenSocket</anno></c> should be used + in calls to <seealso marker="#accept/1"><c>accept/1,2</c></seealso> to + accept incoming connection requests.</p> <note> <p>The default values for options specified to <c>listen</c> can be affected by the Kernel configuration parameter |