ok i notice that simple doing:
curl = curl_easy_init();
it gives me cull == false when there is no internet connection
can i base my check in that ?

On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 10:33 PM, Nikolai Kondrashov
<Nikolai.Kondrashov_at_oktetlabs.ru> wrote:
> Meir Yanovich wrote:
> > not so simple i don't want to show to the user any error , the program
> > itself needs to do its best to recover when connection to the internet is
> > loss there will be endless loop that will preform this checking every N
> > seconds / min so now i trying to figure it what will be the best way to
> > preform this check
> BTW, If your request doesn't require some resources your program doesn't
> posess (like uploading some user-specified file), you could just retry the
> very request which needs the Internet connection you are waiting for.
>
> I.e. instead of constantly sending HEAD's just try to send your GET/POST and
> don't tell the user anything (well, maybe some little unobtrusive status
> message), if curl_easy_perform returns CURLE_CONNECTION_FAILED or related,
> and disturb the user only on grave matters.
>
> Something like that:
>
> while ((rc = curl_easy_perform(curl)) != CURLE_OK)
> {
> switch (rc)
> {
> case CURLE_COULDNT_CONNECT:
> case CURLE_COULDNT_RESOLVE_HOST:
> case CURLE_COULDNT_RESOLVE_PROXY:
> break;
> default:
> fprintf(stderr, "Request failed: %s\n", curl_easy_strerror(rc));
> exit(1);
> }
> }
>
> fprintf(stderr, "Done\n");
>
>
> Sincerely,
> Nick
>
Received on 2008-04-25