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jaro · 04-27-2006, 10:55 PM

Hi again,

Lately I'm doing socket programming, as far I can tell it works fine.
the problem is that how do I know if a server (on the box) is running.
The gethostbyname() will only detect if a IP address exist or is currently running.

The only idea that I have is, after gethostbyname() and a successful connect() my program will send some sort of message, then the (workspace)server will then send a valid response. If no valid response is recieve then the process will start all over again.

is this the way to go, just to know if a (workspace)server is running or there is another way ?

regards,
jaro

04-27-2006, 10:55 PM	#1 (permalink)
jaro Registered User Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 9	how do I know if a server (on the box) is running? Hi again, Lately I'm doing socket programming, as far I can tell it works fine. the problem is that how do I know if a server (on the box) is running. The gethostbyname() will only detect if a IP address exist or is currently running. The only idea that I have is, after gethostbyname() and a successful connect() my program will send some sort of message, then the (workspace)server will then send a valid response. If no valid response is recieve then the process will start all over again. is this the way to go, just to know if a (workspace)server is running or there is another way ? regards, jaro