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Re: TCP/IP Stack packet regrouping

Grant Edwards wrote:
> >
> > Sending generally will send it all at once, and there's no need
> > for a loop for the outgoing buffer?
> 
> No, that is not generally true.  For small blocks, it will
> _usually_ be true.  For large blocks of data, you will have to
> check the return value from write() in a loop.  The values of
> "small" and "large" vary from platform to platform.

Oops, yes you're right. I misremembered from the top of my head evidently.

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