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IPC_CONNECT(3)		    libdill Library Functions		  IPC_CONNECT(3)

NAME
     ipc_connect - creates a connection to remote IPC endpoint

SYNOPSIS
	    #include <libdill.h>

	    int ipc_connect(
		const char* addr,
		int64_t deadline);

DESCRIPTION
     IPC protocol is a bytestream protocol for transporting data among processes
     on the same machine.  It is an equivalent to POSIX AF_LOCAL sockets.

     This function creates a connection to a remote IPC endpoint.

     addr: Filename to connect to.

     deadline:	A point in time when the operation should time out, in millisec-
     onds.  Use the now function to get your current point in time.  0 means im-
     mediate timeout, i.e., perform the operation if possible or return  without
     blocking  if  not.  -1 means no deadline, i.e., the call will block forever
     if the operation cannot be performed.

     The socket can be cleanly shut down using ipc_close function.

     This function is not available if libdill is compiled with  --disable-sock-
     ets option.

RETURN VALUE
     In  case  of  success the function returns newly created socket handle.  In
     case of error it returns -1 and sets errno to one of the values below.

ERRORS
     * EACCES: The process does not have appropriate privileges.

     * ECANCELED: Current coroutine was canceled.

     * ECONNREFUSED: The target address was not listening for connections or re-
       fused the connection request.

     * ECONNRESET: Remote host reset the connection request.

     * EINVAL: Invalid argument.

     * ELOOP: A loop exists in symbolic links encountered during  resolution  of
       the pathname in address.

     * EMFILE: The maximum number of file descriptors in the process are already
       open.

     * ENAMETOOLONG:  A component of a pathname exceeded NAME_MAX characters, or
       an entire pathname exceeded PATH_MAX characters.

     * ENFILE: The maximum number of file descriptors in the system are  already
       open.

     * ENOENT: A component of the pathname does not name an existing file or the
       pathname is an empty string.

     * ENOMEM: Not enough memory.

     * ENOTDIR: A component of the path prefix of the pathname in address is not
       a directory.

     * ETIMEDOUT: Deadline was reached.

EXAMPLE
	    int s = ipc_connect("/tmp/test.ipc", -1);
	    bsend(s, "ABC", 3, -1);
	    char buf[3];
	    brecv(s, buf, sizeof(buf), -1);
	    ipc_close(s);

SEE ALSO
     brecv(3)  brecvl(3)  bsend(3)  bsendl(3)  hclose(3)  ipc_accept(3)  ipc_ac-
     cept_mem(3)  ipc_close(3)	ipc_connect_mem(3)   ipc_done(3)   ipc_fromfd(3)
     ipc_fromfd_mem(3)	ipc_listen(3)  ipc_listen_mem(3)  ipc_listener_fromfd(3)
     ipc_listener_fromfd_mem(3) ipc_pair(3) ipc_pair_mem(3) now(3)

libdill 							  IPC_CONNECT(3)

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