Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!bcm!dimacs.rutgers.edu!rutgers!cbmvax!ken From: ken@cbmvax.commodore.com (Ken Farinsky - CATS) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer Subject: Re: Inter process communication Message-ID: <19579@cbmvax.commodore.com> Date: 6 Mar 91 21:09:24 GMT References: Reply-To: ken@cbmvax.commodore.com (Ken Farinsky - CATS) Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA Lines: 33 In article rg20+@andrew.cmu.edu (Rick Francis Golembiewski) writes: > >What I want is an efficient way to have these tasks talk to each >other. I could use files, but I'de like to have a function like >waitformessage() so that I don't have a busy wait loop, and I'de like >to have two way communication. > >I know that AmigaDOS has some message system, however I don't have >sufficient documentation to iplement it (and I'de like to have fairly >straight forward calls, I don't want to mess around with lots of >structures). I seem to remember some kind of library for inter-process >communication beign released, does anyone know what this library was >called? Purchase the "Amiga ROM Kernel Manual: Libraries and Devices" and read the chapter called "Exec: Messages and Ports". I recommend that you read as much as possible as the Amiga is a very complex programming environment. It is a good idea to have the "Amiga ROM Kernel Manual: Includes and Autodocs" as well (for reference). Available at a bookstore near you (you can order them if not in stock): Amiga ROM Kernel Manual: Libraries and Devices Addison Wesley ISBN 0-201-18187-8 Amiga ROM Kernel Manual: Includes and Autodocs Addison Wesley ISBN 0-201-18177-0 -- -- Ken Farinsky - CATS - (215) 431-9421 - Commodore Business Machines uucp: ken@cbmvax.commodore.com or ...{uunet,rutgers}!cbmvax!ken bix: kfarinsky