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Re: calling executable on another maschine? [message #9182]

Mon, 09 June 1997 00:00

davidf
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Registered: September 1996

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Johan Claesson writes:

> Is it possible with IDL to call an executable on another maschine
> (connected with an ethernet)? And to send input and receive output
> as the execution goes.
>
> My idea is a webapplication that calls executables not on the webserver
> but on different availible maschines.

If you are on a UNIX machine, then this is the perfect situation
for using the RPC mechanism for linking IDL to external software.
The RPC interface was meant to link software on different machines
in a network.

Cheers,

David

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