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/* Example of Local-Namespace Sockets from the glibc manual (16.5.3). */
#include <stddef.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <errno.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <sys/socket.h>
#include <sys/un.h>
int
make_named_socket (const char *filename)
{
struct sockaddr_un name;
int sock;
size_t size;
/* Create the socket. */
sock = socket (PF_LOCAL, SOCK_DGRAM, 0);
if (sock < 0)
{
perror ("socket");
exit (EXIT_FAILURE);
}
/* Bind a name to the socket. */
name.sun_family = AF_LOCAL;
strncpy (name.sun_path, filename, sizeof (name.sun_path));
name.sun_path[sizeof (name.sun_path) - 1] = '\0';
/* The size of the address is
the offset of the start of the filename,
plus its length (not including the terminating null byte).
Alternatively you can just do:
size = SUN_LEN (&name);
*/
size = (offsetof (struct sockaddr_un, sun_path)
+ strlen (name.sun_path));
if (bind (sock, (struct sockaddr *) &name, size) < 0)
{
perror ("bind");
exit (EXIT_FAILURE);
}
return sock;
}