socket_util.h File Reference

#include <glib.h>

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Functions
char *	sockaddr_to_string (const struct sockaddr *sa, size_t length, GError **error)
	Converts the specified socket address into a string in the form "IP:PORT".
int	socket_bind_listen (int domain, int type, int protocol, const struct sockaddr *address, size_t address_length, int backlog, GError **error)
	Creates a socket listening on the specified address.

Function Documentation

char* sockaddr_to_string	(	const struct sockaddr *	sa,
		size_t	length,
		GError **	error
	)

Converts the specified socket address into a string in the form "IP:PORT".

The return value must be freed with g_free() when you don't need it anymore.

Parameters

sa	the sockaddr struct
length	the length of #sa in bytes
error	location to store the error occuring, or NULL to ignore errors

int socket_bind_listen	(	int	domain,
		int	type,
		int	protocol,
		const struct sockaddr *	address,
		size_t	address_length,
		int	backlog,
		GError **	error
	)

Creates a socket listening on the specified address.

This is a shortcut for socket(), bind() and listen().

Parameters

domain	the socket domain, e.g. PF_INET6
type	the socket type, e.g. SOCK_STREAM
protocol	the protocol, usually 0 to let the kernel choose
address	the address to listen on
address_length	the size of #address
backlog	the backlog parameter for the listen() system call
error	location to store the error occuring, or NULL to ignore errors

Returns

the socket file descriptor or -1 on error