Hi,

Are there any linux commands to close a socket conenction between 2 processes ?

eg, I can use the ipcsrm command to clear shared memory etc. Is there anything like that for sockets.

Here is What I want to do :-

I have a TCP Server and a Client. I want to simulate a "Connection reset by peer condition" on the client side. I do not have access to the Server Software.

In my client software, I am doing a block wait on a select().

Under certain circumstances, due to network problems, the connection is reset, but the select() does not return any errors. i.e It is still blocked.

Is there any way I can simulate this ?

I have tried using the shutdown() api call from within my program to close socket communication, but that causes the select to return.

I also thought of pulling the network cable on the client machine, but I dont think that will simulate the error that I want.

Thanks Shahed.