Re: [icqlib-users] NEWBIE ALERT.

[Ron P. <th...@te...>]

So I've been attempting to get ICQLIB in my software.

It connects, then the hard drive gets accessed wildly.

I did make a modification, but for contrast purposes, I was originally
coding the ICQ prog to:

1) icq_Init
2) set up callbacks
3) icq_UnsetProxy
4) icq_Connect
5) icq_Login if icq_Connect did not return -1
6) continuously call icq_Main in a loop, no delays

Suepecting that icq_Main may have been getting overloaded, I modified the
above structure such that:

6) alarm(SIGALRM,bkgfuncs)
7) alarm(1)
8) the main loop would just check for a "Q" from the keyboard

The bkgfuncs, called once per second in theory, would call icq_Main and,
after icq_Main was finished, rearm the system for a 1 second delay until
the next call.

Now, the hard drive is still being accessed (it takes longer for it to
become violent).

Is there something I'm missing in all of this?  Do I need to reference
ALL callbacks, or is there a core set I need for just basic messaging
and user databasing?

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So, what's with this guy Gideon, anyway?  And why can't he ever
remember his Bible?