Reading from a Socket

[Jai_Guru]

I'm trying to create a client program that connects to a server on my computer.

When I try to receive on the PSP a string sent by the server I only receive one character at first and then the rest of the string.

This is the code I use:

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                while(1) {
                    bzero(&buffer, sizeof(buffer));
                    n = read(sockfd,buffer,255);
                    printf("%d bytes read\n", n);
                    if &#40;n < 0&#41; 
                        printf&#40;"ERROR reading from socket"&#41;;
                    printf&#40;"%s\n",buffer&#41;;
                &#125;

For example, if y send something lilke "Hello PSP\n" the output on the PSP is something like:

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1 bytes read
H
9 bytes read
ello PSP

How can I receive all the data sent by the server together?

[siberianstar]

Using 'read' the simplest way is to read each time a char

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char buffer[max_size];
int offset = 0;
char ch;
..
if &#40;read&#40;sockfd, &ch, 1&#41; < 0&#41; .. error, close socket ..
if &#40;ch == '\n'&#41;
&#123;
  buffer&#91;offset&#93; = 0; 
  offset = 0;
  parse_command&#40;buffer&#41;;
&#125;
else buffer&#91;offset++&#93; = ch;
..

but this will be slow, a faster way is to read buffer in chunk.

[Jai_Guru]

How can I read buffer in chunk?

When I try to do it, the string sent by the server is split as I explained on my first post.

What alternatives do I have other than using 'read' ?