On Sep 3, 2010, at 8:39 AM, rajeshj@(protected):
>
> I have a socket connection where I do
> -socketConnection
> -writeLines
> and then wait for the server to send data through the socket. so I
> have to wait on a readLines.But when I say
> str<-readLines(con) it executes immediately and str gets
> nothing.what do i do for this?

Have you looked at the penultimate example on the connections help page?

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David Winsemius, MD
West Hartford, CT

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