LR>         Yes, of course.  However, since it works on his
 LR> system, and not on mine, it is differences in the system
 LR> which are suspect, no?  The executable code is the same.

 DN> Hi Les,

 DN> This makes me think that you have something like SES installed, that
 DN> will check the pipe to determine if a hot handle can be inherited or
 DN> not.

 DN> Do you have FP17 installed? [I believe this contains SES.]

        Nope.  Both systems are Warp 3.0, no fixpacks.  Here is the
Config.Sys from the Server:

   IFS=C:\OS2\HPFS.IFS /CACHE:512 /CRECL:4 /AUTOCHECK:CD
   IFS=C:\OS2\BOOT\CDFS.IFS /Q

   SET NWDBPATH=C:\LANTASTI\OS2\NW
   DEVICE=C:\LANTASTI\OS2\LANMSGDD.OS2 /I:C:\LANTASTI\OS2
   DEVICE=C:\LANTASTI\OS2\PROTMAN.OS2 /I:C:\LANTASTI\OS2
   DEVICE=C:\LANTASTI\OS2\AEXNDIS.OS2
   DEVICE=C:\LANTASTI\OS2\AI-NDIS.OS2
   DEVICE=C:\LANTASTI\OS2\AILANBIO.OS2
   DEVICE=C:\LANTASTI\OS2\NETBIOS.OS2
   DEVICE=C:\LANTASTI\OS2\LANPDD.OS2
   DEVICE=C:\LANTASTI\OS2\LANVDD.OS2
   DEVICE=C:\LANTASTI\OS2\IFS2NB.OS2
   RUN=C:\LANTASTI\OS2\NETBIND.EXE
   RUN=C:\LANTASTI\OS2\LTDAEMON.EXE
   IFS=C:\LANTASTI\OS2\LANTASTI.IFS

   BASEDEV=AHA174X.ADD /ET
   BASEDEV=OS2SCSI.DMD
   BASEDEV=IBMKBD.SYS
   BASEDEV=PRINT01.SYS
   BASEDEV=IBM1FLPY.ADD
   BASEDEV=OS2DASD.DMD
   BASEDEV=OS2ASPI.DMD /ALL /SHARE

   DEVICE=C:\OS2\BOOT\OS2CDROM.DMD /Q
   DEVICE=C:\OS2\BOOT\TESTCFG.SYS
   DEVICE=C:\OS2\BOOT\DOS.SYS
   DEVICE=C:\OS2\BOOT\PMDD.SYS
   DEVICE=C:\OS2\BOOT\POINTDD.SYS

   DEVICE=C:\MMOS2\SSMDD.SYS
   DEVICE=C:\MMOS2\R0STUB.SYS
   DEVICE=C:\MMOS2\MVPRODD.SYS /I:12 /D:5 /S:0 /N:PAS161$
   DEVICE=C:\MMOS2\AUDIOVDD.SYS PAS161$

   DEVICE=C:\OS2\EUTILS\SIO.SYS (COM3) (4,1F8,3) (5,1E8,4) (6,2A8,3)
   DEVICE=C:\OS2\EUTILS\VSIO.SYS
   REM DEVICE=C:\OS2\OPTICAL.SYS
   DEVICE=C:\OS2\EUTILS\RODENT.SYS COM=1A8 IRQ=2 BAUD=1200 BUFFERED
        MOUSE=VW
   DEVICE=C:\OS2\BOOT\MOUSE.SYS TYPE=RODENT$

   DEVICE=C:\OS2\MDOS\VEMM.SYS
   DEVICE=C:\OS2\MDOS\VXMS.SYS /UMB
   DEVICE=C:\OS2\MDOS\VDPMI.SYS
   DEVICE=C:\OS2\MDOS\VDPX.SYS
   DEVICE=C:\OS2\MDOS\VWIN.SYS
   DEVICE=C:\OS2\MDOS\VW32S.SYS
   DEVICE=C:\OS2\MDOS\VCDROM.SYS
   DEVICE=C:\OS2\MDOS\VMOUSE.SYS
   DEVICE=C:\OS2\MDOS\VASPI.SYS
   DEVICEHIGH=C:\HYPERDSK\HYPERKEY.EXE R:25 D:250 -IN

   SET AUTOSTART=TASKLIST,FOLDERS,LAUNCHPAD
   SET BBS=C:\BINK
   SET BINKLEY=C:\BINK\
   SET BOOKSHELF=C:\LANTASTI\OS2;C:\OS2\BOOK;C:\OS2\EUTILS\HELP;
        C:\MMOS2;C:\TCPIP\DOC;
   SET COMSPEC=C:\4OS2\4OS2.EXE
   SET DELDIR=C:\OS2\SYSTEM;D:\DELETE,20480
   SET DPATH=C:\LANTASTI\OS2;C:\OS2;C:\OS2\SYSTEM;C:\OS2\INSTALL;
        C:\OS2\BITMAP;C:\OS2\MDOS;C:\OS2\APPS;C:\OS2\EUTILS;
        C:\OS2\EUTILS\HELP;C:\MMOS2;C:\MMOS2\INSTALL;C:\OS2YOU;
        C:\OS2\MDOS\WINOS2;
   SET DSPPATH=C:\MMOS2\DSP;
   SET GLOSSARY=C:\OS2\HELP\GLOSS;
   SET HELP=C:\LANTASTI\OS2;C:\OS2\HELP;C:\OS2\HELP\TUTORIAL;
        C:\OS2\EUTILS\HELP;C:\MMOS2\HELP;C:\TCPIP\HELP;
        C:\TCPIP\UMAIL;C:\os2\IBMWORKS
   SET IPF_KEYS=SBCS
   SET KEYS=ON
   SET MMBASE=C:\MMOS2;
   SET NCDEBUG=4000
   SET OS2_SHELL=C:\4OS2\4OS2.EXE
   SET PATH=C:\LANTASTI\OS2;C:\LANTASTI\OS2\NW;C:\BELFRY;
        C:\OS2;C:\OS2\SYSTEM;C:\OS2\INSTALL;C:\OS2\MDOS;
        C:\OS2\APPS;C:\OS2\EUTILS;C:\BINK\BIN;C:\OS2\MDOS\WINOS2;
        C:\MMOS2;C:\TCPIP\BIN;C:\OS2YOU;C:\DUALSTOR;C:\os2\IBMWORKS
   SET PROMPT=[$P]
   SET RUNWORKPLACE=C:\OS2\PMSHELL.EXE
   SET SOMDDIR=C:\OS2\ETC\DSOM
   SET SOMIR=C:\OS2\ETC\SOM.IR;C:\OS2\ETC\WPSH.IR;C:\OS2\ETC\WPDSERV.IR
   SET SYSTEM_INI=C:\OS2\OS2SYS.INI
   SET USER_INI=C:\OS2\OS2.INI
   BREAK=OFF
   BUFFERS=90
   CODEPAGE=437,850
   COUNTRY=001,C:\OS2\SYSTEM\COUNTRY.SYS
   DOS=HIGH,UMB
   FCBS=16,8
   FILES=100
   IOPL=YES
   LIBPATH=C:\LANTASTI\OS2;C:\LANTASTI\OS2\NW;C:\MMOS2\DLL;
        C:\OS2\MDOS;C:\;C:\OS2\APPS\DLL;C:\OS2\EUTILS\DLL;
        C:\OS2\DLL;C:\TCPIP\DLL;C:\TCPIP\UMAIL;C:\OS2YOU;
        C:\DUALSTOR;C:\os2\IBMWORKS
   MAXWAIT=3
   MEMMAN=SWAP,PROTECT
   PRINTMONBUFSIZE=134,134,134
   PRIORITY_DISK_IO=YES
   PROTECTONLY=NO
   PROTSHELL=C:\OS2\PMSHELL.EXE
   RMSIZE=640
   SHELL=C:\4DOS40\4DOS.COM {at}C:\4DOS40\4DOS.INI
   SWAPPATH=D:\SYSTEM 2048 2048
   THREADS=256

   DEVINFO=KBD,US,C:\OS2\KEYBOARD.DCP

   SET ETC=C:\TCPIP\ETC
   SET TMP=C:\TCPIP\TMP

   DEVICE=C:\TCPIP\BIN\INET.SYS
   DEVICE=C:\TCPIP\BIN\IFNDISNL.SYS
   DEVICE=C:\TCPIP\BIN\VDOSTCP.VDD
   DEVICE=C:\TCPIP\BIN\VDOSTCP.SYS

   RUN=C:\TCPIP\BIN\CNTRL.EXE
   RUN=C:\TCPIP\BIN\VDOSCTL.EXE


   DEVICE=C:\OS2\APPS\SYSIOS2.SYS
   LASTDRIVE=Z
   AUTOFAIL=YES
   SET READIBM=C:\TCPIP\DOC
   SET XFILES=C:\TCPIP\X11
   SET HOSTNAME=RHORER
   SET DISPLAY=RHORER:0
   DEVINFO=SCR,BGA,C:\OS2\BOOT\VIOTBL.DCP
   SET VIDEO_DEVICES=VIO_SVGA
   SET VIO_SVGA=DEVICE(BVHVGA,BVHSVGA)
   DEVICE=C:\OS2\ATI0.SYS
   DEVICE=C:\OS2\MDOS\VSVGA.SYS
   DEVICE=C:\OS2\MDOS\VAD32.SYS

   REM FaxFaxFaxFaxFax -- Please do not modify this group of lines
   IOPL=FxPrint
   DEVICE=C:\os2\FaxWorks\Fmd.sys L (4,1F8,3) (5,1E8,4) (6,2A8,3)
   REM FaxFaxFaxFaxFax -- FaxWorks for OS/2


   SET IBMWORKS_INI=C:\os2\IBMWORKS


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