Can one programmatically close a port left open by a socket (app crashed)?

Can one programmatically close a port left open by a socket (app crashed)?

Post by Paul » Sat, 13 May 2000 04:00:00



An app I used crashed and left a socket open so the port
was not released. Is there a way to programmatically
close this port (without having to reboot)?

I've waited 75+ minutes but it hasn't released -- it was my
understanding that the port should have been released by now.
The app that created it is no longer running.

Yes, I can reboot, but it'll likely happen again.

Any ideas?

Thanks,

Paul