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1/* -*-c-*-
2 *
3 * $Id: fdpass.h,v 1.1 2003/11/29 11:58:49 mdw Exp $
4 *
5 * File descriptor passing
6 *
7 * (c) 2003 Straylight/Edgeware
8 */
9
10/*----- Licensing notice --------------------------------------------------*
11 *
12 * This file is part of the mLib utilities library.
13 *
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28 */
29
30/*----- Revision history --------------------------------------------------*
31 *
32 * $Log: fdpass.h,v $
33 * Revision 1.1 2003/11/29 11:58:49 mdw
34 * File descriptor passing.
35 *
36 */
37
38#ifndef MLIB_FDPASS_H
39#define MLIB_FDPASS_H
40
41#ifdef __cplusplus
42 extern "C" {
43#endif
44
45/*----- Header files ------------------------------------------------------*/
46
47#include <sys/types.h>
48#include <unistd.h>
49
50/*----- Functions provided ------------------------------------------------*/
51
52/* --- @fdpass_send@ --- *
53 *
54 * Arguments: @int sock@ = socket to send over
55 * @int fd@ = file descriptor to send
56 * @const void *p@ = pointer to data to send
57 * @size_t sz@ = size of buffer to send
58 *
59 * Returns: On error, @-1@, otherwise number of bytes transferred from
60 * @p@.
61 *
62 * Use: Sends a copy of file descriptor @fd@ to the other end of
63 * @sock@.
64 */
65
66extern ssize_t fdpass_send(int /*sock*/, int /*fd*/,
67 const void */*p*/, size_t /*sz*/);
68
69/* --- @fdpass_recv@ --- *
70 *
71 * Arguments: @int sock@ = socket to send over
72 * @int *fd@ = where to put received descriptor
73 * @void *p@ = pointer to where to put data
74 * @size_t sz@ = size of buffer
75 *
76 * Returns: On error, @-1@, otherwise number of bytes transferred.
77 *
78 * Use: Receives a file descriptor. If the call succeeds, and there
79 * was a file descriptor, then @fd@ won't be @-1@ on exit;
80 * otherwise it will. At most one descriptor will be collected.
81 */
82
83extern ssize_t fdpass_recv(int /*sock*/, int */*fd*/,
84 void */*p*/, size_t /*sz*/);
85
86/*----- That's all, folks -------------------------------------------------*/
87
88#ifdef __cplusplus
89 }
90#endif
91
92#endif