// code

			int retval = recv(maincommsock, (char *)&len,sizeof(len), 0);	
			printf("retval: %d\n", retval);
			len = htons(len);
			if (retval == sizeof(len)) {
				retval = recv(maincommsock, (char *)rdbuf, len, 0);
				printf("retval: %d\n", retval);

				printf("RDBUF: %s\n", rdbuf);
			}

// end code