Subj : Re: pthreads: cancelling thread blocked on berkeley socket accept()
To   : comp.programming.threads
From : Missaka Wijekoon
Date : Tue Sep 20 2005 09:01 pm

You could poll() the socket with a timeout before calling accept.  If 
you get a POLLIN event, then accept().  If you get a timeout on the 
poll, check the shutdown flag and if set, gracefully exit.

  -Misk

Luke Dalessandro wrote:
> shutdown() it is... thanks guys, you've been a great help.
> 
> Luke

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