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However, removing the gethostbyname() call from the program did solve the problem. If the application is using IP addresses the access to the TCPIP datasets is not required anymore. Thanks to you all. Denis. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html

