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IPC_CONNECT_MEM(3)	   libdill Library Functions	    IPC_CONNECT_MEM(3)

NAME
       ipc_connect_mem - creates a connection to remote	IPC endpoint

SYNOPSIS
	      #include <libdill.h>

	      int ipc_connect_mem(
		  const	char* addr,
		  struct ipc_storage* mem,
		  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.

       This  function allows to	avoid one dynamic memory allocation by storing
       the object in user-supplied memory.  Unless  you	 are  hyper-optimizing
       use ipc_connect instead.

       addr: Filename to connect to.

       mem:  The  structure to store the newly created object in.  It must not
       be deallocated before the object	is closed.

       deadline: A point in time when the operation should time	out,  in  mil-
       liseconds.   Use	the now	function to get	your current point in time.  0
       means immediate timeout,	i.e., perform the operation if possible	or re-
       turn 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	--dis-
       able-sockets 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 be-
       low.

ERRORS
        EACCES: The process does not have appropriate privileges.

        ECANCELED: Current coroutine was canceled.

        ECONNREFUSED: The target address was not listening for	connections or
	 refused 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 al-
	 ready 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 al-
	 ready 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(3)  ipc_done(3)	 ipc_fromfd(3)
       ipc_fromfd_mem(3)    ipc_listen(3)    ipc_listen_mem(3)	   ipc_listen-
       er_fromfd(3)   ipc_listener_fromfd_mem(3)  ipc_pair(3)  ipc_pair_mem(3)
       now(3)

libdill							    IPC_CONNECT_MEM(3)

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