Node.JS: Socket Reuse

Question

Node.js

I'm trying to run this script:

require('net').createServer().listen('/tmp/test');

then terminate it and run it again, it will throw an error:
Error: listen EADDRINUSE

How to force node.js to reuse sockets? (for both local sockets and tcp sockets)

Answer 1

Due to TIME_WAIT, bind() on a socket may return EADDRINUSE for another 2-4 minutes. In general, node should not pay attention to this, because. all sockets are opened with SO_REUSEADDR.
In your case, you may be advised to do it first.require('fs').unlink('/tmp/test');