> I hope someone can help to tell me why I met this error.
> ------------------OK---------------
> int client_len;
> int n=0;
> while(1)
> {
> if (n=recvfrom(sockfd,buffer,size,0,pclient_addr,&client_len))<=0)
> printf("error");
> sendto(.....)
> }
> ------------------ recvfrom error-----------
> int n=0;
> int client_len;
> while(1)
> {
> if (n=recvfrom(sockfd,buffer,size,0,pclient_addr,&client_len))<=0)
> printf("error");
> sendto(.....)
> }
> ------------------
>
> I found if I declare the int client_len right before the while loop, the
> recvfrom fucntion will return the "Invalid Argument" (22) error. But it
> works fine if I declare one of more variable after client_len.
>
>
client_len is used to pass in the size of the socket address buffer, as
well as return the actual length - you need to assign it before the
call.
Ben
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