// For socket programming #include #include #include #include #include #include #include #include // Sets up a socket connected to the port passed as input - returns the socket FD on success and -1 on error. // Also prints the errno on error. int set_up_socket_connect(int port) { int sock = 0; if ((sock = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0)) < 0) { printf("\n Error in socket call - errno is %d \n", errno); return -1; } struct sockaddr_in serv_addr; memset(&serv_addr, '0', sizeof(serv_addr)); serv_addr.sin_family = AF_INET; serv_addr.sin_port = htons(port); // Convert IPv4 and IPv6 addresses from text to binary form if(inet_pton(AF_INET, "127.0.0.1", &serv_addr.sin_addr)<=0) { printf("\nError in inet_pton - errno is %d\n", errno); return -1; } if (connect(sock, (struct sockaddr *)&serv_addr, sizeof(serv_addr)) < 0) { printf("\nError in connect - errno is %d \n", errno); return -1; } return sock; }