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Re: error (6) : name lookup timed out

From: Bharat Varma <nbharatvarma_at_gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2008 16:37:13 +0530

2008/12/4 sundararaj reel <sundararaj.reel_at_googlemail.com>

>
> Hi all,
>
> I have a simple download-job to do. It is called multiple times in a
> program.
>
> The problem arises when the internet connection goes down and is up again.
> curl is not able to reach the server even after internet connection is
> reestablished.
>
> I have tried CURLOPT_FRESH_CONNECT and CURLOPT_FORBID_REUSE. The result
> does not change. But if the program is restarted then the server is once
> again reachable.
>
> Here is a small example to show the behaviour.
> Code : http://codepad.org/eC6CNr17
> Output: http://codepad.org/F5lJPXHV
>
> How can libcurl reach the server when connection has been restablished,
> without restarting the program ?
>

you could perhaps try cleaning up the handle and initing it again

>
> --
> Ciao,
> Sundararaj
>
>
Received on 2008-12-04