[erlang-questions] Sockets and linking processes

[Scott Lystig Fritchie]

>>>>> "lc" == Liam Clarke <ml.cyresse@REDACTED> writes:

lc> I've linked A and B, but what I'm wondering is if A fails, which
lc> will kill B also, if B's socket is still open, will it close it
lc> gracefully or will it leave the remote end hanging?

All driver ports owned by a process are automatically closed when the
owning process exits.  Gen_tcp and gen_udp use driver ports, too, so
yes, B's sockets will be closed when B dies.

-Scott