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- /*
- * Open a TCP connection.
- */
-
- #include "netdefs.h"
-
- #include <netinet/in.h>
- #include <arpa/inet.h>
-
- #ifndef INADDR_NONE
- #define INADDR_NONE 0xffffffff /* should be in <netinet/in.h> */
- #endif
-
- /*
- * The following globals are available to the caller, if desired.
- */
-
- struct sockaddr_in tcp_srv_addr; /* server's Internet socket addr */
- struct servent tcp_serv_info; /* from getservbyname() */
- struct hostent tcp_host_info; /* from gethostbyname() */
-
- int /* return socket descriptor if OK, else -1 on error */
- tcp_open(host, service, port)
- char *host; /* name or dotted-decimal addr of other system */
- char *service; /* name of service being requested */
- /* can be NULL, iff port > 0 */
- int port; /* if == 0, nothing special - use port# of service */
- /* if < 0, bind a local reserved port */
- /* if > 0, it's the port# of server (host-byte-order) */
- {
- int fd, resvport;
- unsigned long inaddr;
- char *host_err_str();
- struct servent *sp;
- struct hostent *hp;
-
- /*
- * Initialize the server's Internet address structure.
- * We'll store the actual 4-byte Internet address and the
- * 2-byte port# below.
- */
-
- bzero((char *) &tcp_srv_addr, sizeof(tcp_srv_addr));
- tcp_srv_addr.sin_family = AF_INET;
-
- if (service != NULL) {
- if ( (sp = getservbyname(service, "tcp")) == NULL) {
- err_ret("tcp_open: unknown service: %s/tcp", service);
- return(-1);
- }
- tcp_serv_info = *sp; /* structure copy */
- if (port > 0)
- tcp_srv_addr.sin_port = htons(port);
- /* caller's value */
- else
- tcp_srv_addr.sin_port = sp->s_port;
- /* service's value */
- } else {
- if (port <= 0) {
- err_ret("tcp_open: must specify either service or port");
- return(-1);
- }
- tcp_srv_addr.sin_port = htons(port);
- }
-
- /*
- * First try to convert the host name as a dotted-decimal number.
- * Only if that fails do we call gethostbyname().
- */
-
- if ( (inaddr = inet_addr(host)) != INADDR_NONE) {
- /* it's dotted-decimal */
- bcopy((char *) &inaddr, (char *) &tcp_srv_addr.sin_addr,
- sizeof(inaddr));
- tcp_host_info.h_name = NULL;
-
- } else {
- if ( (hp = gethostbyname(host)) == NULL) {
- err_ret("tcp_open: host name error: %s %s",
- host, host_err_str());
- return(-1);
- }
- tcp_host_info = *hp; /* found it by name, structure copy */
- bcopy(hp->h_addr, (char *) &tcp_srv_addr.sin_addr,
- hp->h_length);
- }
-
- if (port >= 0) {
- if ( (fd = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0)) < 0) {
- err_ret("tcp_open: can't create TCP socket");
- return(-1);
- }
-
- } else if (port < 0) {
- resvport = IPPORT_RESERVED - 1;
- if ( (fd = rresvport(&resvport)) < 0) {
- err_ret("tcp_open: can't get a reserved TCP port");
- return(-1);
- }
- }
-
- /*
- * Connect to the server.
- */
-
- if (connect(fd, (struct sockaddr *) &tcp_srv_addr,
- sizeof(tcp_srv_addr)) < 0) {
- err_ret("tcp_open: can't connect to server");
- close(fd);
- return(-1);
- }
-
- return(fd); /* all OK */
- }
-