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FindPort -- find a given system message port
port = FindPort(name)
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struct MsgPort *FindPort(STRPTR);
This function will search the system message port list for a port
with the given name. The first port matching this name will be
returned. No arbitration of the port list is done. This function
MUST be protected with A Forbid()/Permit() pair!
#include <exec/types.h>
struct MsgPort *FindPort();
ULONG SafePutToPort(message, portname)
struct Message *message;
STRPTR portname;
{
struct MsgPort *port;
Forbid();
port = FindPort(portname);
if (port)
PutMsg(port,message);
Permit();
return((ULONG)port); /* If zero, the port has gone away */
}
name - name of the port to find
port - a pointer to the message port, or zero if
not found.
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