int child;                   /* PID of the child process */
  int nchildren = 0;           /* Number of child processes */
  struct timeval delay;        /* How long to wait inside select() */
  struct sockaddr_in inaddr;   /* The socket address */
  int opt = 1;                 /* setsockopt flag */
  int iPort = mnPort;

  while( iPort<=mxPort ){
    memset(&inaddr, 0, sizeof(inaddr));
    inaddr.sin_family = AF_INET;
    inaddr.sin_addr.s_addr = INADDR_ANY;
    inaddr.sin_port = htons(iPort);
    listener = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
    if( listener<0 ){
      iPort++;

    break;
  }
  if( iPort>mxPort ){
    if( mnPort==mxPort ){
      fossil_fatal("unable to open listening socket on ports %d", mnPort);
    }else{
      fossil_fatal("unable to open listening socket on any"
                   " port in the range %d..%d", mnPort, mxPort);
    }
  }
  if( iPort>mxPort ) return 1;
  listen(listener,10);
  if( iPort>mnPort ){
    printf("Listening for HTTP requests on TCP port %d\n", iPort);
    fflush(stdout);