From: Noah <noahd@...>
Date: 2004-02-21T11:04:51+09:00
Subject: Re: TCPserver client disconnect

"Joel VanderWerf" <vjoel@PATH.Berkeley.EDU> wrote in message
news:4036ACF4.9000007@path.berkeley.edu...
> Noah wrote:
> > ruby newbie question...
> >
> > How can I detect when a client disconnects from a TCPserver?
> > I'm streaming data to the client in a while loop (Shoutcast-style mp3
> > stream), but I'm not sure what condition to test to see if the client
drops
> > out.
>
> Does sample/svr.rb (in the ruby distribution) help?
>
Not really, because in that example, the server is checking for the client
eof, right?  (Correct me if I'm wrong. I just started with Ruby a few days
ago.)

In my application, the client makes one initial request, and then simply
receives.  The server is the only one sending data.  It's like a HTTP
request.  Imagine a client does a GET on a very large file.  The server
begins to send the data, but the client drops out half-way through.  How can
the server detect this and cancel the transfer?