cannot start listen command

[charles reid]

Hi Sverker -

Don't you want listen('127.0.0.1','fork')?


Charles

On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 7:24 AM, Ben Abbott <bpabbott at mac.com> wrote:

>
>
> On Sep 4, 2008, at 8:29 AM, Sverker Sikström <sverker.sikstrom at lucs.lu.s
> e> wrote:
>
> > Dear Ben
> >
> > Thanks a lot for you very helpfull instruction of how to get going
> > with the Listen command a few weeks back. I did get command
> > "started" using your help, however, I have not been able get it
> > going yet. I would very much appreciate a helping hand here.
> >
> > My goal is to have Php programm communciating with Octave, so that
> > one can that when a visotor click on a webpage than this webpage can
> > send string to Octave that makes a calcualtion and send its back to
> > the webpage (where we use Php) at the webpage. Also I would like to
> > have the Ocatve code running all the time, or at least have access
> > to large amount of data in the internal memory without having to
> > make a slow load from the harddrive between the calls. Also there
> > may be several user access this information at the same time.
> >
> > I am not sure how to do this. But I think the Listen command would
> > be the way to go. Is that correct?
> >
> > I try to run listen with:
> >
> > octave-3.0.1:1> pkg load sockets
> > listen('128.0.0.1','fork')
> > error: connect: expecting a octave_socket or integer
> > octave-3.0.1:2>
> >
> > But I get an error message (see above). I guess I have the wrong
> > call, or perhapse I need to initaitve something before.
> >
> > Once this code in the Octave is up and running. Then how do you call
> > this rotine from Php?
> >
> > I would appreciate help on this topic very much. If you do not know
> > how to set this up, please suggest someone that could help us out on
> > this.
> >
> > Sincerely, Sverker Sikström
> >
> > Ben Abbott skrev:
> >>
> >> On Aug 11, 2008, at 5:05 AM, Sverker Sikström wrote:
> >>
> >>> Hi
> >>>
> >>> This is probabaly a very simple questions, but I am stuck and new to
> >>> Octave. I am trying to run the command 'listen'
> >>> (http://octave.sourceforge.net/doc/f/listen.html) on Octave. But
> >>> it does
> >>> not seem to find the command:
> >>>
> >>> octave-3.0.1:46> listen
> >>> error: `listen' undefined near line 46 column 1
> >>> octave-3.0.1:46>
> >>>
> >>> Have I not installed Octave correctly? I am using mac 0s 10.5. 4.
> >>> Any
> >>> help is appreciated!
> >>>
> >>> Sverker
> >>
> >> I haven't tried to do this under Mac OS X, but you'll need to
> >> install the sockets package from Octave-Forge. The "listen" command
> >> is part of that package (it is not part of Octave's core functions).
> >>
> >>    http://octave.sourceforge.net/sockets/index.html
> >>
> >> To install see "help pkg"
> >>
> >> Ben
>
> Unfortunately, I'm not knowledgeable in what you'd like to do ..., so
> I've cc'd Octave's help list. Hopefully someone will be able to answer
> your questions.
>
> Ben
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