Correct
If you say 12345, it will definitely come out as 12345

but it may be sent as 43512

Though, it might be (12345) or (123)(45) or (1)(2345) or (1)(2)(3)(4)(5) or whatever
How it’s sent over the wire is not important

right

It will come out of recv() in the right order.

I just wanted to make sure it came back in order, so I didn’t have to try and find a way to piece together the messages.

Over the wire, all sorts might happen.

[Ex0r]: forget the packets. using a TCP socket is like reading sequentially from a file, or a pipe, or a tape. it’s interwebs magick.

TCP does that for you- TCP ensures it comes out in the right order

Nice.
Exactly what I wanted to know
now, for my next question, I have a server and a client that I am developing side by side, and when I open one or the other, neither appear to ..do anything… socket related
like, for example, whether the server host is started or not, the client still seems to connect

meh. slackers..

hm, nevermind that, I need to head to bed.

could anyone point me to good glob() pattern documentation?

`man glob`

hmm. silly me
thanks