RECHO(2) LAM REMOTE LIBRARY RECHO(2)NAMErecho - Send messages to LAM echo server.
SYNOPSIS
int recho (int node, char *src_msg, char *dest_msg, int length);
ARGUMENTS
node location of echo service
src_msg outgoing message
dest_msg incoming echo message
length of both message buffers
DESCRIPTION
The echo server returns any message that it receives to the sender. It
is a confidence testing service for the LAM network.
The message length must not exceed the maximum network message length
MAXNMSGLEN, defined in <net.h> and factory set to 8192 bytes.
RETURN VALUE
Upon successful completion, the number of bytes echoed is returned. If
an error occurred, -1 is returned and the global variable errno is set
to indicate the error.
ERRORS
EMSGLEN The message length exceeds the maximum message length.
SEE ALSOtping(1)LAM 7.1.2 March, 2006 RECHO(2)