VENTI-CONN(3) VENTI-CONN(3)
NAME
VtConn, vtconn, vtdial, vtfreeconn, vtsend, vtrecv,
vtversion, vtdebug, vthangup - Venti network connections
SYNOPSIS
#include <u.h>
#include <libc.h>
#include <venti.h>
typedef struct VtConn {
int debug;
char *version;
char *uid;
char *sid;
char addr[256];
...
} VtConn;
VtConn* vtconn(int infd, int outfd)
int vtreconn(VtConn *z, int infd, int outfd)
VtConn* vtdial(char *addr)
int vtredial(VtConn *z, char *addr)
int vtversion(VtConn *z)
int vtsend(VtConn *z, Packet *p)
Packet* vtrecv(VtConn *z)
void vtrecvproc(void *z)
void vtsendproc(void *z)
void vtdebug(VtConn *z, char *fmt, ...)
void vthangup(VtConn *z)
void vtfreeconn(VtConn *z)
extern int chattyventi;/* default 0 */
DESCRIPTION
A VtConn structure represents a connection to a Venti server
(when used by a client) or to a client (when used by a
server). It contains the following user-visible fields:
debug, a flag enabling debugging prints; version, the proto-
col version in use; uid, the (unverified) name of the
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client; sid, the (unverified) name of the server; and addr,
the network address of the remote side.
Vtconn initializes a new connection structure using file
descriptors infd and outfd (which may be the same) for read-
ing and writing. Vtdial dials the given network address
(see dial(3)) and returns a corresponding connection. It
returns nil if the connection cannot be established.
Vtversion exchanges version information with the remote side
as described in venti(7). The negotiated version is stored
in z->version.
Vtsend writes a packet (see venti-packet(3)) on the connec-
tion z. The packet p should be a formatted Venti message as
might be returned by vtfcallpack; vtsend will add the two-
byte length field (see venti(7)) at the begnning. Vtsend
frees p, even on error.
Vtrecv reads a packet from the connection z. Analogous to
vtsend, the data read from the connection must start with a
two-byte length, but the returned packet will omit them.
By default, vtsend and vtrecv block until the packet can be
written or read from the network. In a threaded program
(see thread(3)), this may not be desirable. If the caller
arranges for vtsendproc and vtrecvproc to run in their own
procs (typically by calling proccreate), then vtsend and
vtrecv will yield the proc in which they are run to other
threads when waiting on the network. The void* argument to
vtsendproc and vtrecvproc must be the connection structure
z.
Vtdebug prints the formatted message to standard error when
z->debug is set. Otherwise it is a no-op.
Vthangup hangs up a connection. It closes the associated
file descriptors and shuts down send and receive procs if
they have been started. Future calls to vtrecv or vtsend
will return errors. Additional calls to vthangup will have
no effect.
Vtfreeconn frees the connection structure, hanging it up
first if necessary.
If the global variable chattyventi is set, the library
prints all Venti RPCs to standard error as they are sent or
received.
SOURCE
/usr/local/plan9/src/libventi
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SEE ALSO
venti(1), venti(3), venti-client(3), venti-packet(3),
venti-server(3), venti(7)
DIAGNOSTICS
Routines that return pointers return nil on error. Routines
returning integers return 0 on success, -1 on error. All
routines set errstr on error.
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