Steps to follow on the blaze box (Solaris):

Assumption: the file name is hello.x replace hello with whatever the .x filename is.

Step1: create a new directory and move to the new directory.

Step2: Copy the .x file into the new directory

Step3: run UNIX cmd: rpcgen -C -a hello.x

This will create server, client and their stub files.

It will also create a make file viz. "makefile.hello".

Step4: Copy this makefile.hello to Makefile

Open the Makefile and add at the top the following line: CC = gcc

(This is needed, as we are using GNU's CC compiler).

Step5: Run unix command: "make" at the prompt

This will compile all your files. Also it will create two executable files viz. hello_server and hello_client.

Step6: Run "hello_server" at the unix prompt. It will create a background executable file.

You may see the process by typing the command: "ps -ax | grep hello_server".

Step7: Run "hello_client localhost" at the unix prompt. This will interact

with the hello_server using RPC.

The above steps are done without making any changes into the hello_server.c

and hello_client.c files, as rpc doesn't generate any application logic for

you. In order to put application logic on the hello_server.c and

hello_client.c files, you need to following further steps.

Step-8: Run the following command: "ps-ax | grep hello_server". Note the

process-id and issue the following command: "kill -9 <process_id>". Note, if the process

doesn't belong to you, it will not kill the process, so do not worry if it may not belong to

you. As a student, you do not have permission to kill the process.

Step-9: Edit hello_server.c file and add application logic. Once you saved

this file. You can compile it using the command: "make". This will compile and display any

compilator errors and warnings or successful completion.

Step-10: Edit hello_client.c file and add application logic. Once you saved

this file. Just run "make" command. It will also compile and issue warnings/errors or

successful completion.

Step-11: Follow Step-6 and Step-7.