create_a_socket()

This is a no-frills function for creating a transport connection with the client.

Example A–14 create_a_socket()

/*
 * Function: create_socket
 *
 * Purpose: Opens a listening TCP socket.
 *
 * Arguments:
 *
 *      port            (r) the port number on which to listen
 *
 * Returns: the listening socket file descriptor, or -1 on failure
 *
 * Effects:
 *
 * A listening socket on the specified port and created and returned.
 * On error, an error message is displayed and -1 is returned.
 */
int create_socket(port)
     u_short port;
{
     struct sockaddr_in saddr;
     int s;
     int on = 1;

     saddr.sin_family = AF_INET;
     saddr.sin_port = htons(port);
     saddr.sin_addr.s_addr = INADDR_ANY;

     if ((s = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0)) < 0) {
          perror("creating socket");
          return -1;
     }
     /* Let the socket be reused right away */
     (void) setsockopt(s, SOL_SOCKET, SO_REUSEADDR, (char *)&on, sizeof(on));
     if (bind(s, (struct sockaddr *) &saddr, sizeof(saddr)) < 0)
{
          perror("binding socket");
          (void) close(s);
          return -1;
     }
     if (listen(s, 5) < 0) {
          perror("listening on socket");
          (void) close(s);
          return -1;
     }
     return s;
}