RE: periodic TRAP watcher!

> From: [email protected] 
> [mailto:[email protected]] On 
> Behalf Of Raghavendra Prasad
> Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2008 11:57 PM

> My questions is the above function call is implemented in an infinite
> loop with periodic calls to function "send_example_notification". In C
> language
> there are no threads,

	Threading is not part of the C standard, but threading with C is commonplace.  Some web searching should help you find the details for your OS.

> which makes me believe that the program
> execution will never come out of "continous watcher loop", thereby the
> agent will
> NOT respond to SET and GET requests(I have not checked it yet though),

	I would recommend against implementaing a watchdog as part of a MIB.  Rather, a standalone application which generates the traps frees you from such concerns.


	HTH,

Mike

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