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On 4 Aug 1995 03:52:16 GMT Howard Walton (Howarda@cris.com) wrote:
> How do I know if AmiTCP is running? Does a program appear with it own 
> menues, or is it run from the Amiga shell program?

AmiTCP runs in the background - no menus, no window, nothing. The
AmiTCP 4.0 demo version opens a window initially, though, to let you
read how to order the commercial version.

To see if it is running, search for the ARexx port "AMITCP", like

5. HD1:> WaitForPort AMITCP

If the prompt doesn't come back quickly, then AmiTCP is not running.

Also, if AmiTCP is running, bsdsocket.library and usergroup.library can
be opened. In a C program, this could be checked for like

struct Library *AmiTCPBase;

int main (int argc, char *argv[])
{
  if (AmiTCPBase = OpenLibrary ("bsdsocket.library", 0))
  {
    CloseLibrary (AmiTCPBase);
    puts ("AmiTCP is running.");
  }
  else
    puts ("AmiTCP is not running!");

  return (0);
}

Btw, any program that requires AmiTCP will complain if it is not running.

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