MB> Is there any source code out there describing how to 
 MB> connect to OS/2 named pipes from DOS (not DOS running 
 MB> under OS/2, but plain old DOS) via network?

From which type of network?  I've had the best luck with the MS lan
requestor,  mixed results with IBM's DLR,  and piss-poor luck with Novell
Suckware.

I've had the best luck with MSC 6's
_dos_open("\\\\server\\pipe\\name",...), _dos_read() and
_dos_write().

The trickiest part is getting the pipe into a non-blocking mode.  You've
got to find the library (for your requestor) that gives you the code for
DosSetNmPHandState().  This may not be a problem for your BBS semphore
application,  since you simply want to open, write and close.


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