Function netdial

src/net.c:267–288

make connection to server */

/* make connection to server */
int
netdial(int domain, int proto, const char *local, const char *bind_dev, int local_port, const char *server, int port, int timeout)
{
    struct addrinfo *server_res = NULL;
    int s, saved_errno;

    s = create_socket(domain, proto, 0, local, bind_dev, local_port, server, port, &server_res);
    if (s < 0) {
      return -1;
    }

    if (timeout_connect(s, (struct sockaddr *) server_res->ai_addr, server_res->ai_addrlen, timeout) < 0 && errno != EINPROGRESS) {
	saved_errno = errno;
	close(s);
	freeaddrinfo(server_res);
	errno = saved_errno;
        return -1;
    }

    freeaddrinfo(server_res);
    return s;
}

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