Communicate with IP port across TCP 1

[razalas]

Anybody have a solution for sending / receiving messages to a specified IP address/port? I need to interface with a commercial package from our in-house systems running RM/Cobol 11 on Linux. Need synchronous communication. Otherwise messaging middleware would be an option (maybe an expensive one). Ought to be able to write a C program to handle the socket communications and then just call it from the Cobol side. Sure seems like a lot of people ought to have crossed this bridge before, so I am hoping I can find something we can take off the shelf, rather than having to write it ourselves.

From searching previous posts, I see that AcuCobol provides a socket interface callable from Cobol. Maybe now that both AcuCobol and RM/Cobol are both under the MicroFocus roof, maybe we can get something from them.

Still any and all suggestions are welcome.

Code what you mean,
and mean what you code!
But by all means post your code!

Razalas

 

[mrregan]

maybe netcat?

 

[razalas]

mrregan,

that's perfect. Thank you very much!

Code what you mean,
and mean what you code!
But by all means post your code!

Razalas

 

[k5tm]

David,

It has been a long time since we talked. May I call you after the holiday?

Tom Morrison

 

[razalas]

Tom,

hope all is well with you. Be happy to hear from you. Call anytime.

David

Code what you mean,
and mean what you code!
But by all means post your code!

Razalas