socket read modifies third parameter after the call: Very strange

jainarunk@gmail.com · *nix forums beginner Joined: 10 May 2006 Posts: 18

Hello Group,

I am doing a socket read

char buf[2048];
int readLen = 2048;

cout<< "Readlen = " << readLen << endl; // Prints Readlen = 2048
read(sockfd, buf, readLen);
cout<< "Readlen = " << readLen << endl; // Prints Readlen = 28169

Can someone tell me what is going on. What went wrong. I am working
on Redhat Linux
platform.

Thx.

arun

Robert Harris · *nix forums Guru Wannabe Joined: 03 Mar 2005 Posts: 118

jainarunk@gmail.com wrote:

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