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Old 05-09-2007
UDP socket - can both client and server recv and send

Hi,

Am very new to socket programming.
When we use UDP sockets to communicate between two processess,
will both the client/server socket be able to send/recv ?
meaning can sendto()/ recvfrom() be used on both server and client?
It could be useful even if anybody provide some link on socket programming in C.

Thanks
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Old 05-09-2007
Yes, unless the socket has been closed from duplex operation, such as with shutdown().

For C socket programming resources, this is a popular one:
http://beej.us/guide/bgnet/output/ht...age/index.html
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