2005-11-29 Carl Worth <cworth@cworth.org>

[ttt] / src / ttt-socket.h

diff --git a/src/ttt-socket.h b/src/ttt-socket.h
index 6b35ef23649111dca03457b95925b4640b075ab6..c3ca0bdd604263e65e49af91f1a106ad36b79b03 100644 (file)
--- a/src/ttt-socket.h
+++ b/src/ttt-socket.h
@@ -55,7 +55,25 @@ ttt_socket_accept (int                                listen_socket,
                   ttt_socket_accept_func_t      accept,
                   void                         *closure);
 
                   ttt_socket_accept_func_t      accept,
                   void                         *closure);
 

-/* Performa a blocking read, until all count bytes are read from the
+/* Create a socket, and connect it to the given host and port,
+ * returing it in socket_ret.
+ *
+ * Lookup for host (e.g. /etc/hosts and DNS) and port (e.g /etc/services)
+ * will be performed if necessary.
+ *
+ * Return value: TTT_STATUS_SUCCESS if successful.
+ *              TTT_STATUS_CONNECTION_REFUSED: no server listening.
+ *              TTT_STATUS_NETWORK_UNREACHABLE: <obvious meaning>
+ *
+ * Errors: If any error other than those listed above occurs, this
+ * function will not return.
+ */
+ttt_status_t
+ttt_socket_create_client (const char   *host,
+                         const char    *port,
+                         int           *socket_ret);
+
+/* Perform a blocking read, until all count bytes are read from the

  * socket to buf, which must be of size count or larger.
  *
  * Errors: If any errors occur, this function does not return.
  * socket to buf, which must be of size count or larger.
  *
  * Errors: If any errors occur, this function does not return.