----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, June 19, 2000 6:55 PM Subject: [REBOL] using tcp:// with an unknown port > I am not able to locate anything in regards to how to make Rebol open a > port with no known number. > > For example, we have a known port: my-conn: open/lines tcp://:4321 > > So far, so good, but, how do we do this with an unknown port number? In C, > we just call socket(), bind(), then listen() on our socket and the stack > will have a port allocated in this process for us. > > Regards, > Deryk > > Hi Deryk, Not sure if this is what you mean or not.. If no port-id is specified, an available port will be allocated (This example works in Rebol/View) my-conn: open tcp:// my-conn/port-id ==2664 >> my-conn2: open/lines tcp:// >> my-conn2/port-id == 2665 Cheers, Allen K
