The dpinvite man page

NAME
     dpinvite - set up a DP contact file

SYNOPSIS
     #include 

     int dpinvite(path, semantic, semsize)
     char *path, *semantic;
     int semsize;

DESCRIPTION
     Any UNIX(r) process other than those spawned by a DP process
     may  enroll as a DP process (via the dpjoin() call) provided
     that: 1) there is already a DP process running on the  host,
     and 2) the process has called dpinvite() to set up a contact
     file named path (which can be a relative or  absolute  path-
     name).

     To make it possible for a non-DP process to join the DP com-
     munity,  dpinvite()  writes  to the contact file information
     necessary for the joiner to set up its DP  environment.   In
     addition  to the standard set of information provided in the
     file, user start-up settings can be provided via the  seman-
     tic  string pointed to by semantic and of size semsize. Use-
     ful semantics include command-line arguements and the invit-
     ing process's environment.

RETURN VALUES
     Upon success, dpinvite() returns 0.  Otherwise,  a  negative
     number  (DPFAIL)  is  returned  to  indicate  something went
     wrong.

REMARK
     This is a DP function call.

AUTHOR
     David Arnow

FILES
     /usr/include/dp/dp.h - DP header file
     /usr/lib/libdp.a     - DP library file

SEE ALSO
     dpjoin(3DP), dpspawn(3DP)

Essential DP MAN Pages:

• dp
• dpinit
• dpspawn
• dpexit
• dpgetpid

• dprecv
• dpwrite