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Sorry, I should've read what the previous post was before reacting to this. I 
had my e-mail client sorting in an inappropriate order.

Tom Liotta

On Wed, 29 August 2001, "Simon Coulter" wrote:

> You wrote:
> >If there were other socket apps on this system, I would not have a standard
> >place to look to see which ports are used and which are available for use.
>
> That's why the SERVICES file exists under TCP/IP.  It lists all the ports that
> are used by some TCP/IP application.  That doesn't mean the port is currently
> in use (that's what NETSTAT is for) but it does tell you which ports you
> shouldn't use.  See the WRKSRVTBL command.  You should add an entry for your
> application and retrieve that entry when your application starts to tell it
> what port to use.  It is also a good idea to accept an optional parameter that
> allows the port to be overridden for testing purposes.

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Tom Liotta
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