Jim Wowchuk writes: >> int GiveLen=0; [snip] >2) Neither GiveName nor GiveLen have values in this snippet. Have these been > assigned in missing code? This situation is permissible; it's a request that MPE assign a random unique 8-character name. I use this when the only object of the IPCGIVE is to allow a second process to take over a connection. >3) Is ClientSock a vc_socket rather than a call socket? It should have > been assigned from something like: It's permissible to give away a call socket; again, this allows a server process to take over connection management from some kind of management or startup process. -- Bruce --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bruce Toback Tel: (602) 996-8601| My candle burns at both ends; OPT, Inc. (800) 858-4507| It will not last the night; 11801 N. Tatum Blvd. Ste. 142 | But ah, my foes, and oh, my friends - Phoenix AZ 85028 | It gives a lovely light. [log in to unmask] | -- Edna St. Vincent Millay