Reusing socket descriptor on connection failure

Question

In my client code, I am following these steps to connect to a socket:

1. Creating a socket

   sockDesc = socket(PF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, IPPROTO_TC         
   
   
           

Answer 1

Sockets corresponding to broken connection is in unstable state. normally you will not be allowed to connect to again unless the operating system release the socket.

I think it will be better to close() and connect again.. you don't have to create another socket.

Anyway, make sure to set LINGER of your socket to ensure that no data is lost in transmision.

See http://www.gnu.org/s/libc/manual/html_node/Socket_002dLevel-Options.html#Socket_002dLevel-Options