Re: Q: How to specify the port and the host in a MathLink-Program?
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- Subject: [mg21328] Re: Q: How to specify the port and the host in a MathLink-Program?
- From: "P.J. Hinton" <paulh at wolfram.com>
- Date: Fri, 24 Dec 1999 03:42:30 -0500 (EST)
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On 22 Dec 1999, Claudius Schnörr wrote: > I would like to run a C-program on a Solaris-machine communicating with the > math-kernel on a PC. > Is this possible? Yes, it is possible, provided that you can establish a TCP/IP-based connection between the machines. You do not say what operating system is running on the PC. If it some variant of Windows, you will have to launch the kernel from a command prompt window while physically sitting at the machine. It is also possible to set up an rsh service on the PC so that you can invoke the command line for launching the kernel from your C program. This requires an add-on utility and is beyond the scope of this newsgroup. You should also keep in mind that setting up an rsh service on the PC may expose you to security risks. > How can I specify the host and the port to be used by the > MathLink-C-program on Unix and the math-kernel on the PC? These functions serve the same purpose -- opening a MathLink connection -- but their inputs are different. MLOpenString() requires that the flags used to specify the link are stored as one contiguous string. MLOpenArgv() requires each argument be stored in its own string. You can specify the port number only for the side that is listening. If you plan to have the C program begin by listening, you will need to supply the flags: -linkcreate -linkprotocl "TCP" -linkname "<port number>" When you supply the command to launch the kernel from the command prompt, it should look like math -mathlink -linkconnect -linkprotocol "TCP" -linkname "<portnumber>@<hostname>" -- P.J. Hinton Mathematica Programming Group paulh at wolfram.com Wolfram Research, Inc.