#include #include #include #include #include int get_socket() { int sockfd = 0; int rc = 0; struct addrinfo hints; struct addrinfo *servinfo = NULL; struct addrinfo *addr = NULL; memset(&hints, 0, sizeof(hints)); hints.ai_family = AF_UNSPEC; hints.ai_socktype = SOCK_STREAM; hints.ai_flags = AI_PASSIVE; rc = getaddrinfo(NULL, PORT, &hints, &servinfo); check(rc == 0, "get_socket: getaddrinfo failed"); // Loop through the addresses and find one that works. sockfd = 0; addr = servinfo; do { sockfd = socket(addr->ai_family, addr->ai_socktype, addr->ai_protocol); if (sockfd > 0) { break; } addr = addr->ai_next; } while(addr); check(sockfd > 0, "unable to get socket"); // assign name to socket. rc = bind(sockfd, addr->ai_addr, addr->ai_addrlen); check(rc == 0, "get_socket: bind failed"); // Cleanup. freeaddrinfo(servinfo); return sockfd; error: if (servinfo) freeaddrinfo(servinfo); return -1; }