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From: markv@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer
Subject: A Question and a Thought (RemTask() and File servers)
Message-ID: <28304.27a99513@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu>
Date: 1 Feb 91 22:19:30 GMT
Organization: University of Kansas Academic Computing Services
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Simple question that could be answered with a quick test, but I'm in
the planning stage of some software, and my Amiga is a few days
away...

Is it safe for a task to RemTask() itself?  I have a parent that will
spawn n (no limit beyond available mem) children tasks that can exit
asynchronously to the parent.  Assuming post task cleanup (like
memory for the Task structure) will be done by mommy :-), can the
children Terminate themselves, or does Mommy have to do it for them?
If not, what about a real "Process" w/an empty seglist calling Exit()?

Second, I've been working on an idea for a real simple Amiga only disk
sharing via network.  Suppose machine A wants to read Access on
machine B.  A dummy filesystem on machine A gets mounted.  All it does
is catch DOS packets, stuff it over the network (transport layer could
be any protocol) to server process on machine B.  Server Process on
machine B then makes any needed temp buffers, sends the packets to a
"real" file system, takes the reply, stuffs it back to machine A,
where dummy file system fills in reply fields, copies data into
orignal buffers, then sends it back to DOS/proccess.

The advantage is simplicity (no duplication of existing intellegence in
Amiga OS), no real need for client to know any details of the server
like # of cyls etc (since this is done at the filesystem level), etc.
Assuming reasonable verfication/integrity to the protocol, any
problems/thoughts with this?
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