From: 7stud -- <bbxx789_05ss@...>
Date: 2011-05-14T04:03:22+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby socket does not get reply

Roger Pack wrote in post #998583:
>>     puts socket.read
>
> This call (read) blocks until the other end of the connection closes it.
> -r

Good one.  From IO#read docs:

===
ios.read([length [, buffer]]) → string, buffer, or nil

If length is omitted or is nil, it reads until EOF...
===

When the server closes the socket, ruby sends an EOF signal to the other 
side.

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