How can a client gracefully detect when a server disconnects?

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Published on 2009-11-02T13:10:15Z Indexed on 2010/05/09 20:48 UTC
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I am working on a client-server application. The client continuously reads data from server, so when a server is closed or disconnects then the client crashes. I tried a try/catch block, but it didn't work. My client application is written in C++. I want the client to display some proper message like "Server disconnected," then exit.

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