Network-Unix-Sockets

Collaboration diagram for Network-Unix-Sockets:

Functions
UNIXSOCKET	net_unix_create_unnamed ()
int	net_unix_send (UNIXSOCKET sock, UNIXSOCKETADDR *addr, void *data, int size)
void	net_unix_set_addr (UNIXSOCKETADDR *addr, const char *path)
void	net_unix_close (UNIXSOCKET sock)

Detailed Description

Function Documentation

net_unix_close()

void net_unix_close

(

UNIXSOCKET

sock

)

Closes a Unix socket.

Parameters

sock	Socket to close.

net_unix_create_unnamed()

UNIXSOCKET net_unix_create_unnamed

(

)

Creates an unnamed unix datagram socket.

Returns

On success it returns a handle to the socket. On failure it returns -1.

net_unix_send()

int net_unix_send	(	UNIXSOCKET	sock,
		UNIXSOCKETADDR *	addr,
		void *	data,
		int	size
	)

Sends data to a Unix socket.

Parameters

sock	Socket to use.
addr	Where to send the packet.
data	Pointer to the packet data to send.
size	Size of the packet.

Returns

Number of bytes sent. Negative value on failure.

net_unix_set_addr()

void net_unix_set_addr	(	UNIXSOCKETADDR *	addr,
		const char *	path
	)

Sets the unixsocketaddress for a path to a socket file.

Parameters

addr	Pointer to the addressstruct to fill.
path	Path to the (named) unix socket.