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(setf msg (receive t))

Would this receive any available message and assign that message to msg?

(setf msg (receive-with-matcher (cond-matcher m) (t m)))

should.

- Dirk

Thanks. I should be done programming process-linking in a few minutes. Then I just need to write up a couple tests before submitting. It has been frustrating throwing away the last few days of work, but Faré's system-manager suggestion made things a lot simpler. Eric