Thread: closesocket and shutdown

Ok, this has been bothering me for a while. I read on MSDN that you should always call closesocket() after you create a socket using socket(). So I do it. But what I would like to know, is can the socket be re-opened, or does a new socket have to be created? Like, can I do this:

Code:

SOCKET s = socket(...);
connect(s, ...);
closesocket(s);

connect(s, ...); //Is this ok?
(...)

//Or do I have to do this
SOCKET s = socket(...);
connect(s, ...);
closesocket(s);

SOCKET s2 = socket(...);
connect(s2, ...);
(...)

If not, would it work if I used shutdown() instead?

**EDIT**
Also, am I right that closesocket() will cause the other end to get a recv() of 0 bytes?