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This article is from the AmiTCP/IP FAQ, by Mike Meyer with numerous contributions by others.

8.12: When I try and run an internet application (or a command fromAmiTCP), I get the error message "Cannot open bsdsocket.library". How do Ifix this (thanks to Scott Norton).

    
First, you must understand that "bsdsocket.library" is a library that is
created within the operating system by the AmiTCP program. It is not
loaded from LIBS: and it is not a separate file. So, if you get the
message that a program can not open bsdsocket.library, that means that
AmiTCP is not running. It may have failed to load, or may have been
unloaded. 

Another possibility is that in the startnet command file, the command
"WaitForPort AMITCP" didn't run. In startnet, right after the command "run
AmiTCP:AmiTCP" is the WaitForPort command, which ensures that AmiTCP can
finish setting up before the script goes on. If you don't have
Workbench:Rexxc in your search path, or don't have the file WaitForPort,
that command might fail, and the script will charge ahead, and execute a
command before AmiTCP has created bsdsocket.library (See the FAQ about
WaitForPort for more information on WaitForPort.)    

 
    

 

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