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/* us_xfr_sv.c An example UNIX stream socket server. Accepts incoming connections and copies data sent from clients to stdout. See also us_xfr_cl.c. */ #include "us_xfr.h" #define BACKLOG 5
int main(int argc, char *argv[]) { struct sockaddr_un addr; int sfd, cfd; ssize_t numRead; char buf[BUF_SIZE]; sfd = socket(AF_UNIX, SOCK_STREAM, 0); if (sfd == -1) errExit("socket"); /* Construct server socket address, bind socket to it, and make this a listening socket */ /* For an explanation of the following check, see the errata notes for pages 1168 and 1172 at http://www.man7.org/tlpi/errata/. */ if (strlen(SV_SOCK_PATH) > sizeof(addr.sun_path) - 1) fatal("Server socket path too long: %s", SV_SOCK_PATH); if (remove(SV_SOCK_PATH) == -1 && errno != ENOENT) errExit("remove-%s", SV_SOCK_PATH); memset(&addr, 0, sizeof(struct sockaddr_un)); addr.sun_family = AF_UNIX; strncpy(addr.sun_path, SV_SOCK_PATH, sizeof(addr.sun_path) - 1); if (bind(sfd, (struct sockaddr *) &addr, sizeof(struct sockaddr_un)) == -1) errExit("bind"); if (listen(sfd, BACKLOG) == -1) errExit("listen"); for (;;) { /* Handle client connections iteratively */ /* Accept a connection. The connection is returned on a new socket, 'cfd'; the listening socket ('sfd') remains open and can be used to accept further connections. */ cfd = accept(sfd, NULL, NULL); if (cfd == -1) errExit("accept"); /* Transfer data from connected socket to stdout until EOF */ while ((numRead = read(cfd, buf, BUF_SIZE)) > 0) if (write(STDOUT_FILENO, buf, numRead) != numRead) fatal("partial/failed write"); if (numRead == -1) errExit("read"); if (close(cfd) == -1) errMsg("close"); } }
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