wait X seconds implementation

I have an UDP server and I need to close connection to a client after 10 seconds . How can I implement that ? ... C under linux

You can use a timer:

SourceForge.net: POSIX timers - cpwiki

and then sleep() before you close() the socket descriptor in your UDP server.

You could also set a timeout on the socket, depending on what you're doing with the socket though.

But waiting 10 seconds and doing nothing, then closing the socket doesn't make much sense.

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Originally Posted by ghostdlr

I have an UDP server and I need to close connection to a client after 10 seconds . How can I implement that ? ... C under linux

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You can't, since there's no such thing as a UDP connection.

Hey excellent point.