A lot of forks!!!

[prokopis]

Hello all,
I want to implementate a client-server communication with sockets.

When a client is executed with parameters then send these parameters to server and stop.
When a client is executed without parameters then is aiting to receive data from the server.

But the whole communication must be taken place parallel.

May someone help me?
How can I make distinct the clients because I have to make a lot of forks . .

Thanks a lot

[mlampkin]

I'm not certain I understand the question...

But it sounds like there should be some type of initial 'handshake' between the client and server... even if its just the client always sending a first packet identifying what it wants to do...

The issue is that if the client doesn't do this - and is really just requesting a shutdown - then the server is going to be wasting cpu cycles and bandwidth by sending data to the client it doesn't want / need...

Maybe I misunderstood your question... ?!


Michael