Monday, 14 January 2013

connect() - Hello!


connect() - Hello!

● Connects to a remote host
● int connect(int sockfd, struct sockaddr *serv_addr, int
addrlen)
– sockfd is the socket descriptor returned by socket()
– serv_addr is pointer to struct sockaddr that
contains information on destination IP address and
port
– addrlen is set to sizeof(struct sockaddr)
– returns -1 on error
● No need to bind(), kernel will choose a port

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