Subj : WinSock
To   : Digital Man
From : Jon Justvig
Date : Wed Jun 13 2018 04:29 am

  Re: WinSock
  By: Digital Man to Jon Justvig on Tue Jun 12 2018 05:29 pm

 >> char buffer[20];

 > >>> int result;

 > >>> // our recv loop
 > >>> while (true)
 > >>> {

 > >>> result = recv(current_client, buffer, sizeof(buffer), 0); // recv
 > >>> cmds 

 > >>> Sleep(10);

 > >>> if (result > 0)
 > >>> {
 > >>> cout << "\n\tMessage from client: " << buffer;
 > >>> send(current_client, (const char*)buffer, sizeof(buffer), 0);
 > >>> }

> just above int result; ...

 DM> So.. if you only receive 2 bytes (result == 2), you're still going to send
 DM> 20 (sizeof buffer)? That's probably not what you want.

How might I receive between 2 and 12 bytes?

Sincerely,
Jon Justvig
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