sockutil/sockutil.h

#ifndef _LIGO_SOCKUTIL_H
#define _LIGO_SOCKUTIL_H

#ifdef __cplusplus
extern "C" {
#endif


/* Header File List: */
#ifndef __EXTENSIONS__
#define __EXTENSIONS__
#endif
#ifndef _BSD_SOURCE
#define _BSD_SOURCE
#endif
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/socket.h>
#include <netinet/in.h>
#include <sys/time.h>


  typedef double wait_time;

   int nslookup (const char* hostname, struct in_addr* addr);

   int nsilookup (const struct in_addr* addr, char* hostname);

   int connectWithTimeout (int sock, struct sockaddr* name, int size, 
                           wait_time timeout);

   int ping (const char* hostname, wait_time timeout);

  int setRcvBufLen(int sock, int len);

  int setSndBufLen(int sock, int len);

enum wait_mode {
  wm_read,
  wm_write,
  wm_ctrl
};

  int socketWait(int sock, wait_time maxtime, enum wait_mode mode);

#ifdef __cplusplus
}
#endif

#endif /*_LIGO_SOCKUTIL_H */

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