[AWS] raised SOCKETS.SOCKET_ERROR : Bind failed (errno is 98)

Florian Weimer Weimer@CERT.Uni-Stuttgart.DE
Tue, 11 Jun 2002 19:50:26 +0200


Jeremy Cowgar <develop@cowgar.com> writes:

> raised SOCKETS.SOCKET_ERROR : Bind failed (errno is 98)
>
> Is their something wrong?

If "98" is "EADDRINUSE", no.  This is a side effect of the TCP
protocol and a non-blocking connection termination.  It's discussed
extensively in the literature (e.g. Stevens, "UNIX Network
Programming").

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