Listens for and handles remote procedure call packets.
The rpc_$listen routine dispatches incoming remote procedure call requests to manager procedures and returns the responses to the client. You must issue an rpc_$use_family or rpc_$use_family_wk routine before you use the rpc_$listen routine.
Input
Item | Description |
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max_calls | Specifies the maximum number of calls (in the range 1 through 10) that a server is allowed to process concurrently. Although concurrent processes are not supported in this operating system's implementation of Network Computing System (NCS), this parameter is provided for compatibility with other NCS implementations. |
Output
Item | Description |
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status | Points to the completion status. |
This routine normally does not return.
To have a server listen for incoming remote procedure call requests, enter:
rpc_$listen(5, &status);