NewWait4Port 1.1

Short:        Replacement for WaitForPort command
Author:       Development@Holzammer.net (Jean Holzammer)
Uploader:     jholzammer bene baynet de (Jean Holzammer)
Type:         util/rexx
Version:      1.1
Architecture: m68k-amigaos >= 2.04 ; ppc-morphos >= 0.4
Kurz:         Ersatz für den WaitForPort Befehl

NewWait4Port is a replacement for the WaitForPort command provided with AmigaOS.
It waits for a Message Port to appear and then quits. This is useful for
batch scripts. Here's an example:

run <>NIL: Miami:Miami       ;start Miami TCP/IP-Stack as background task
NewWait4Port MIAMI.1         ;wait for its Msg port to appear
rx "ADDRESS MIAMI.1 ONLINE"  ;send a rexx command to this port

This script waits till Miami has been started and its ARexx Port is available.
Then it tells Miami to go online. Without NewWait4Port you would try to send a
rexx message before the Port is available as it needs some time for Miami to
start. Of course you could use a simple  @{i}wait 5@{ui}. But you never really
know how long Miami will need to start.


Features:
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The original WaitForPort command of AmigaOS has two major disadvantages:

· it always quits if the port isn't available within 10 seconds.

· it uses an endless loop of FindPort() calls resulting in a massive loss of CPU
  performance on slower systems.

NewWait4Port waits for the Port to appear even if it has to wait for hours.
It also allows you to define a delay time between FindPort() calls preventing a loss
of CPU performance.
Optionally you can still define a timeout if needed.


Changes in 1.1:
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· Added TIMEOUT argument
· 68K version checks for minimum OS version
· Added Binary for MorphOS
· Reduced number of document formats for documentation
· Added German documentation
· On error now returns appropriate DOS error codes.



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    2273     564 75.1% 14-Aug-99 14:40:42  NewWait4Port/Help.info
    7649    3443 54.9% 01-Nov-05 23:30:32  NewWait4Port/Help/Deutsch/NewWait4Port.guide
    1392     622 55.3% 14-Aug-99 14:38:30  NewWait4Port/Help/Deutsch/NewWait4Port.guide.info
    6800    3053 55.1% 01-Nov-05 23:32:26  NewWait4Port/Help/English/NewWait4Port.guide
    1392     622 55.3% 14-Aug-99 14:38:30  NewWait4Port/Help/English/NewWait4Port.guide.info
    2892    1660 42.6% 01-Nov-05 21:17:32  NewWait4Port/MorphOS/Rexxc/NewWait4Port
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