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LinkConnect

LinkConnect["name"]
connects to a MathLink link created by another program.

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LinkConnect by default uses shared memory links.

The option LinkProtocol allows other data transport protocols to be specified.

LinkConnect can connect to a port on a remote computer system with the option setting LinkProtocol->"TCPIP".

LinkConnect returns a LinkObject.

You can use LinkConnect with LinkCreate to set up peer-to-peer communication between two Mathematica processes.

LinkConnect can be used to connect to a link created by calling LinkCreate in another Mathematica process.

LinkConnect can be used to connect to an external program that has created a MathLink link by calling the appropriate MathLink library functions.

External programs built from MathLink templates using mcc and mprep can typically create MathLink links whenever they are given -linkcreate command-line arguments.

LinkConnect internally calls a function analogous to the MLOpenArgv() function in the MathLink library.

Even though no program may yet be connected to the other end of the MathLink link, the function LinkConnect will return immediately and will not block.

Basic Examples (1)

Start a subsidiary Mathematica kernel process and set it to listen on TCPIP port 8000:

Connect to kernel:

Read the first packets:

Get the $ProcessID of kernel:

$ProcessID of the current Mathematica session:

Close kernel and the link:

LinkCreate LinkLaunch LinkClose

Using MathLink to Communicate between Mathematica Sessions

Running Mathematica from Within an External Program

Running Programs on Remote Computers

MathLink API

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