BM>
  >     1. use socket() to open a endpoint for the connection
  >
  >     2. get the local hostname using gethostname()
  >     3. get the ip address for the local host using gethostbyname()
  >     4. bind() this address to the socket got by socket()
  >
  >     5. use listen() to enable incoming connects
  >     6. accept() an incoming connection, or wait for one
  >     7. spawn or fork a process to handle that connection
  >
  >     8. go back to 6, or close if there was an exit request.
BM>

  Far better to start a thread, rather than create a whole new process for
  the job.  This is especially so if the server code for an individual
  socket shares resources with the server in general such as open file
  handles.

BM>
  > Basically i want to write daemon that will get tcp/ip
  > port and spawn processes to perform io on each incoming
  > connection (the same as telnetd would)..
BM>

  On the other hand, do not re-invent the wheel.

  Write a daemon that can be invoked from inetd, update the information in
  the inetd configuration file, and let inetd do all of the hard work of
  accepting the connections for you.

  > JdeBP <
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