Re: [Boost-users] [asio][iostream] trying to implement nntp-client

From: Sascha Seewald (vudu_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-08-08 16:22:27

Jakub Stachowski wrote:
> Sascha Seewald wrote:
> 
>> Hi Boosters,
>>
>> I´m playing around with the great boost::asio library but have problems
>> using the boost::asio::ip::tcp::iostream.
>>
>> I try to implement a very simple nntp-client:
>>
>> <code>
>>
>> void connect_and_retrieve_list_of_newsgroups()
>> {
>>
>>   std::string line;
>>
>>   // connect to server
>>   boost::asio::ip::tcp::iostream    s("news.gmane.org", "nntp");
>>       if (!s)
>>     return;
>>
>>   // read connection ack
>>   std::getline(s, line);
>>
>>   // log
>>   std::cout << line;
>>
>>   // check return code here. we assume everything is fine.
>>   // ...
>>
>>   // send LIST command to request a list of newsgroups (see rfc 977)
>>   // the server will respond with one or more lines
>>   s << "LIST\r\n";
> 
> Try adding s.flush() here.

Yeah, that worked!

Many Thanks!
Sascha