NAME
mactcpd - Macintosh MacTCP application daemon

SYNOPSIS
/usr/etc/mactcpd

DESCRIPTION
mactcpd allows Macintosh applications using MacTCP to run
concurrently with MachTen. mactcpd is normally started when
MachTen boots and remains until the system is restarted.

mactcpd is a Macintosh faceless background application hybrid that
uses MachTen system calls to emulate the behavior of MacTCP.
MacTCP need not be installed in the system in order to run mactcpd.

mactcpd will only start if MachTen is running and is unaffected by
all MachTen signals and Apple events.

FILES
none

NOTES
mactcpd is compatible with MacTCP Version 1.2.

On startup, mactcpd uses the daemon facility in syslogd(8) to log
error, warning, and informational priority level messages.

Applications that open MacTCP streams when MachTen is running with
no mactcpd daemon present will fail.

Macintosh applications that require MacTCP services at system
startup may not be compatible with mactcpd.