t_connect(3N) NETWORK FUNCTIONS t_connect(3N)
NAME
tconnect - establish a connection with another transport
user
SYNOPSIS
#include <tiuser.h>
int tconnect(fd, sndcall, rcvcall)
int fd;
struct tcall *sndcall;
struct tcall *rcvcall;
DESCRIPTION
This function enables a transport user to request a connec-
tion to the specified destination transport user. fd iden-
tifies the local transport endpoint where communication will
be established, while sndcall and rcvcall point to a tcall
structure that contains the following members:
struct netbuf addr;
struct netbuf opt;
struct netbuf udata;
int sequence;
sndcall specifies information needed by the transport pro-
vider to establish a connection and rcvcall specifies infor-
mation that is associated with the newly established connec-
tion.
netbuf is described in intro(3). In sndcall, addr specifies
the protocol address of the destination transport user, opt
presents any protocol-specific information that might be
needed by the transport provider, udata points to optional
user data that may be passed to the destination transport
user during connection establishment, and sequence has no
meaning for this function.
On return in rcvcall, addr returns the protocol address
associated with the responding transport endpoint, opt
presents any protocol-specific information associated with
the connection, udata points to optional user data that may
be returned by the destination transport user during connec-
tion establishment, and sequence has no meaning for this
function.
The opt argument implies no structure on the options that
may be passed to the transport provider. The transport pro-
vider is free to specify the structure of any options passed
to it. These options are specific to the underlying proto-
col of the transport provider. The user may choose not to
negotiate protocol options by setting the len field of opt
to zero. In this case, the provider may use default
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options.
The udata argument enables the caller to pass user data to
the destination transport user and receive user data from
the destination user during connection establishment. How-
ever, the amount of user data must not exceed the limits
supported by the transport provider as returned in the con-
nect field of the info argument of topen(3N) or
tgetinfo(3N). If the len [see netbuf in intro(3)] field of
udata is zero in sndcall, no data will be sent to the desti-
nation transport user.
On return, the addr, opt, and udata fields of rcvcall will
be updated to reflect values associated with the connection.
Thus, the maxlen [see netbuf in intro(3)] field of each
argument must be set before issuing this function to indi-
cate the maximum size of the buffer for each. However,
rcvcall may be NULL, in which case no information is given
to the user on return from tconnect.
By default, tconnect executes in synchronous mode, and will
wait for the destination user's response before returning
control to the local user. A successful return (i.e.,
return value of zero) indicates that the requested connec-
tion has been established. However, if ONDELAY or
ONONBLOCK is set (via topen or fcntl), tconnect executes
in asynchronous mode. In this case, the call will not wait
for the remote user's response, but will return control
immediately to the local user and return -1 with terrno set
to TNODATA to indicate that the connection has not yet been
established. In this way, the function simply initiates the
connection establishment procedure by sending a connect
request to the destination transport user. On failure,
terrno may be set to one of the following:
[TBADF] The specified file descriptor does not
refer to a transport endpoint.
[TOUTSTATE] The function was issued in the wrong
sequence.
[TNODATA] ONDELAY or ONONBLOCK was set, so the
function successfully initiated the con-
nection establishment procedure, but did
not wait for a response from the remote
user.
[TBADADDR] The specified protocol address was in an
incorrect format or contained illegal
information.
[TBADOPT] The specified protocol options were in an
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incorrect format or contained illegal
information.
[TBADDATA] The amount of user data specified was not
within the bounds allowed by the tran-
sport provider.
[TACCES] The user does not have permission to use
the specified address or options.
[TBUFOVFLW] The number of bytes allocated for an
incoming argument is not sufficient to
store the value of that argument. If
executed in synchronous mode, the
provider's state, as seen by the user,
changes to TDATAXFER, and the connect
indication information to be returned in
rcvcall is discarded.
[TLOOK] An asynchronous event has occurred on
this transport endpoint and requires
immediate attention.
[TNOTSUPPORT] This function is not supported by the
underlying transport provider.
[TSYSERR] A system error has occurred during execu-
tion of this function.
SEE ALSO
intro(3), t_accept(3N), t_getinfo(3N), t_listen(3N),
t_open(3N), t_optmgmt(3N), t_rcvconnect(3N).
UNIX System V Network Programmer's Guide.
DIAGNOSTICS
tconnect returns 0 on success and -1 on failure and terrno
is set to indicate the error.
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