parris@elric.UUCP (Parris L. Gjerde) (07/18/88)
This question is directed to the folks at Relational Technology Inc. I hope I'm not imposing! We are developing an ABF application that needs to communicate with another, detached, process. The communication program will be written in C and linked to the application. This question really concerns the use of mailboxes in VMS but I've already posted this question to the comp.lang.c newsgroup and have not gotten a response. I know that Ingres uses VMS mailboxes to communicate between the front and backends so somebody out there in RTI land must know something about the subject. What I would really like is some example C code that would demonstrate the use of mailboxes. Also, any information on privilege settings would be helpful. And, as long as I'm asking, if anybody has VMS C code to determine if a detached process is hung, i.e. infinite loop; crash; etc, I'd like to see it. I'm not looking for a VMS monitor type program. What I am looking for is a function I can call that returns a flag indicating whether a process is hung. Any response is greatly appreciated- though any response related to the subject is more appreciated! Parris Gjerde Unisys Corp Eagan Mn So much to learn in so little time. -- Parris.Parris@Elric.Sp.Unisys.Com or ..!uunet!rosevax!elric!parris!parris