Here's my code:

// Not all headers are relevant to the code snippet.
#include <stdio.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/socket.h>
#include <netinet/in.h>
#include <netdb.h>
#include <cstdlib>
#include <cstring>
#include <unistd.h>

char *buffer;
stringstream readStream;
bool readData = true;

while (readData)
{
    cout << "Receiving chunk... ";

    // Read a bit at a time, eventually "end" string will be received.
    bzero(buffer, BUFFER_SIZE);
    int readResult = read(socketFileDescriptor, buffer, BUFFER_SIZE);
    if (readResult < 0)
    {
        THROW_VIMRID_EX("Could not read from socket.");
    }

    // Concatenate the received data to the existing data.
    readStream << buffer;

    // Continue reading while end is not found.
    readData = readStream.str().find("end;") == string::npos;

    cout << "Done (length: " << readStream.str().length() << ")" << endl;
}

It's a little bit of C and C++ as you can tell. The BUFFER_SIZE is 256 - should I just increase the size? If so, what to? Does it matter?

I know that if "end" is not received for what ever reason, this will be an endless loop, which is bad - so if you could suggest a better way, please also do so.

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