How to check if socket is closed in Boost.Asio?

Question

What is the easiest way to check if a socket was closed on the remote side of the connection? socket::is_open() returns true even if it is closed on the remote

Answer 1

Is there a boost peek function available? Most socket implementations have a way to read data without removing it from the queue, so you can read it again later. This would seem to satisfy your requirements.

After quickly glancing through the asio docs, I wasn't able to find exactly what I was expecting, but that doesn't mean its not there.

I'd suggest this for starters.