recv() only accepting one character (winsock2)

I use the recv() function like this:

int msgLength = recv(sockMain, buf, 20, MSG_PEEK);

No errors are reported by the return value, but recv() seems to only accept one character. It stops recv()-ing after I enter one character from the client. Is there a reason for this?

If i set the flag to MSG_OOB, which seemed to be the only thing I could have gone wrong at, it doesn't stop recieving...

Any help appreciated

*Edit: I use winsock2.

you should be setting the last parameter to 0 to do normal reads.

I thought MSG_PEEK was a macro for 0? Anyway, it doesn't work either

where's the rest of the code? what is being sent? are you sending it correctly?

Are you sending only one byte at a time?

Are you calling recv() until it returns an error or 0 (no more data) ?

I seem to have found the problem. I was using telnet to test out my server. I wrote up a quick TCP Client, and transmitted over that, and it worked fine. I suppose it causes telnet to transmit as soon as It recieves input.

Anyway, thanks for the help guys.