Socket: recvfrom

How does this socket behaves when the flag is zero ?
Is it Blocking or Non-Blocking Socket?



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recvfrom(snmp_socket_desc, packet, 1500, 0,
(struct sockaddr *)&from, &fromlength);
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On Thu, 7 May 2009 00:06:58 -0700 (PDT), sathya <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:
> How does this socket behaves when the flag is zero ?
> Is it Blocking or Non-Blocking Socket?
>
>
>
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> recvfrom(snmp_socket_desc, packet, 1500, 0,
> (struct sockaddr *)&from, &fromlength);
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

blocking.

From:
man recvfrom
"...
The flags argument to a recv() call is formed by OR'ing
one or more of the following values:
....
...."


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