This example provides a sample client application for the AF_UNIX address family. The AF_UNIX address family uses many of the same socket calls as other address families, except that it uses the path name structure to identify the server application.
The following sample program uses the AF_UNIX address family to create a client connection to a server.
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/* This sample program provides code for a client application that uses */
/* AF_UNIX address family */
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/* Header files needed for this sample program */
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#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/socket.h>
#include <sys/un.h>
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/* Constants used by this program */
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#define SERVER_PATH "/tmp/server"
#define BUFFER_LENGTH 250
#define FALSE 0
/* Pass in 1 parameter which is either the */
/* path name of the server as a UNICODE */
/* string, or set the server path in the */
/* #define SERVER_PATH which is a CCSID */
/* 500 string. */
void main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
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/* Variable and structure definitions. */
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int sd=-1, rc, bytesReceived;
char buffer[BUFFER_LENGTH];
struct sockaddr_un serveraddr;
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/* A do/while(FALSE) loop is used to make error cleanup easier. The */
/* close() of the socket descriptor is only done once at the very end */
/* of the program. */
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do
{
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/* The socket() function returns a socket descriptor representing */
/* an endpoint. The statement also identifies that the UNIX */
/* address family with the stream transport (SOCK_STREAM) will be */
/* used for this socket. */
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sd = socket(AF_UNIX, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
if (sd < 0)
{
perror("socket() failed");
break;
}
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/* If an argument was passed in, use this as the server, otherwise */
/* use the #define that is located at the top of this program. */
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memset(&serveraddr, 0, sizeof(serveraddr));
serveraddr.sun_family = AF_UNIX;
if (argc > 1)
strcpy(serveraddr.sun_path, argv[1]);
else
strcpy(serveraddr.sun_path, SERVER_PATH);
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/* Use the connect() function to establish a connection to the */
/* server. */
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rc = connect(sd, (struct sockaddr *)&serveraddr, SUN_LEN(&serveraddr));
if (rc < 0)
{
perror("connect() failed");
break;
}
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/* Send 250 bytes of a's to the server */
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memset(buffer, 'a', sizeof(buffer));
rc = send(sd, buffer, sizeof(buffer), 0);
if (rc < 0)
{
perror("send() failed");
break;
}
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/* In this example we know that the server is going to respond with */
/* the same 250 bytes that we just sent. Since we know that 250 */
/* bytes are going to be sent back to us, we can use the */
/* SO_RCVLOWAT socket option and then issue a single recv() and */
/* retrieve all of the data. */
/* */
/* The use of SO_RCVLOWAT is already illustrated in the server */
/* side of this example, so we will do something different here. */
/* The 250 bytes of the data may arrive in separate packets, */
/* therefore we will issue recv() over and over again until all */
/* 250 bytes have arrived. */
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bytesReceived = 0;
while (bytesReceived < BUFFER_LENGTH)
{
rc = recv(sd, & buffer[bytesReceived],
BUFFER_LENGTH - bytesReceived, 0);
if (rc < 0)
{
perror("recv() failed");
break;
}
else if (rc == 0)
{
printf("The server closed the connection\n");
break;
}
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/* Increment the number of bytes that have been received so far */
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bytesReceived += rc;
}
} while (FALSE);
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/* Close down any open socket descriptors */
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if (sd != -1)
close(sd);
}