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From: xxbja@csduts1.lerc.nasa.gov (Betty Jo Armstead)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip
Subject: "Forking" with MVS TCP/IP
Message-ID: <1991Feb27.220942.18774@eagle.lerc.nasa.gov>
Date: 27 Feb 91 22:09:42 GMT
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Reply-To: xxbja@csduts1.lerc.nasa.gov (Betty Jo Armstead)
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>I have an a TCP server on MVS that must provide concurrent processing of
>multiple clients.  On UNIX, the approach would be to have the parent
>accept a new connection, fork a child to provide the service, and have
>the parent continue to listen for additional connections.  How does one
>achieve the equivalent of "fork" in MVS under MVS/TCP?

>MVS/TCP comes with standard servers like FTP and TELNET.  How do they
>"fork" and is the approach general?  (I do not yet?  have source to
>these so I haven't been able to look myself).

>To up the ante, I would prefer this server to be RPC based.  I have had
>good success developing and porting (non-forking) RPC clients and
>servers between UNIX and MVS and would like to reuse some of that code.
>Thanks in advance.

--Jack Fitch@dockmaster.ncsc.mil
I am also interested in how one writes concurrent servers on MVS.  I hope
you have better luck than I did getting answers.  Isn't anyone from IBM
listening?
--
Betty Jo Armstead              SVERDRUP Technology Inc.
21000 Brookpark Rd.Ms 142-2
Nasa Lewis Research Center
Cleveland Ohio 44135           From: xxbja@csduts1.lerc.nasa.gov