Using standard read() and write() calls on a socket in C [duplicate]

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Is there anything bad with using read() and write() on a socket fd, instead of send() and recv()? I thought about using that in my program because read() and write() are much simpler than send() and recv().

Not having a single extra parameter that you set to zero makes them "much simpler"?! — David Schwartz
– David Schwartz, Commented Sep 3, 2015 at 20:12

Adam D. Ruppe · Accepted Answer · 2015-09-03 20:10:39Z

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No, there's nothing wrong with it, man 7 socket tells you explicitly that you can use the standard calls on them.

Though the send and recv functions aren't really hard to use, you can just pass 0 as the flags argument to get the same behavior as plain read and write.

answered Sep 3, 2015 at 20:10

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