On 20 Nov 2011, at 11:24, hvlems at zonnet.nl wrote: Another feature which would be nice to add generally is something which periodically re-resolves the DNS names in the config file to IP addresses, so that people who use something like DynDNS because they don t have a fixed IP address, can use it more easily and not fall off the network for too long when their IP address changes. Presumably calling the SIGHUP handler (read_conf) every so often would do the trick. It would also be nice to make the code a bit more portable so that it will compile and run on more platforms without modification, a bit like SIMH. While we are talking about improvements, would it be possible to make it search a few default locations on Linux/BSD for a config file? Currently you have to start it by cd-ing to the directory the binary is in as it looks at the current directory for the config file - if you start it from another place if fails. Perhaps looking in /etc/hecnet or another place you can specify at compile time would be better? Also would it be difficult or counter-productive to roll the Port configuration into the config file instead of having to specify it at runtime? Lastly does anyone know how to roll a init.d script for it to set it as a service in Debian/Ubuntu (10.04)? -- Mark Benson http://DECtec.info Twitter: @DECtecInfo HECnet: STAR69::MARK Online Resource & Mailing List for DEC Enthusiasts.