Release a "listen" port

[new2unix]

Hi,

My communication program on an AIX box could not bind to a socket because the address was already in use. netstat showed the socket to have a LISTEN status. How do I release this socket? It looks like another process is using the port but it shouldn't.

tcp4 0 0 *.7800 *.* LISTEN

Thanks

Mike

 

[MikeLacey]

Mike,

Sorry to sound stupid but -- what does your line

tcp4 0 0 *.7800 *.* LISTEN

refer to?

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[chgwhat]

If you have lsof installed,
lsof -n |grep LIST should show which program has that port. Tony ... aka chgwhat
tony_b@technologist.com

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