help with socket programming

[Shao Zhang <shao@cia.com.au>]

Hi,
	How do I do timeout in socket programming? For example, if the client has got no answer in 90 seconds, it will print
	a message "still waiting". How do I do this?

	I have tried to use select & FD_ISSET, but it is a blocking call, so I had to use fork with it, then when I kill this child,
	it will create a zombie process on my system. Is there a better way to do this, or how do I kill this child. I have tried
	to use all the signals including SIGSTOP, SIGTERM and so on.

	Thanks.

Shao.

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