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From: dzoey@terminus.umd.edu (Joe Herman)
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Subject: How do I detect an active TCP/IP (IBM) under OS/2?
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Date: 19 Mar 91 22:05:42 GMT
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Hello, I have a program running under OS/2 that would like to take advantage
of TCP/IP if it's installed on the machine.  Unfortunatly, I can not think
of a good way for the program to detect the presense of TCP/IP.

At first, I thought this could be done by checking the return code
from the socket() (or sock_init()) call.  However, if inet is not
functioning the call to socket() causes the program to exit.  Since
the program can still function without TCP/IP, this is not a desired
behavior.

Does anyone know of a method to detect the presense of TCP/IP under OS/2?

			Thanks,
			Joe Herman
			U. of Maryland

dzoey@terminus.umd.edu
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