In the case where the client/server are on the same host, a socket file
could be easily used.

Jason

Roman Rokytskyy wrote:

>>Yes, of course. The front end talks to the back end through a socket
>>by exchanging XML. There's no reason to special case localhost.
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> The company I have worked before considered once releasing the web
> based software as a desktop version with a built-in webserver. After a
> study the option was rejected because of that single component
> listening to the socket connection. Too many trouble with it.
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> Please, reconsider this approach, or at least suggest another
> alternative for backup/restore. Rest of the services are not important
> for embedded server.
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