#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/socket.h>
#include <sys/un.h>
/*
* In the included file <sys/un.h> a sockaddr_un is defined as follows
* struct sockaddr_un {
* short sun_family;
* char sun_path[108];
* };
*/
#include <stdio.h>
#define NAME "socket"
/*
* This program creates a UNIX domain datagram socket, binds a name to it,
* then reads from the socket.
*/
main()
{
int sock, length;
struct sockaddr_un name;
char buf[1024];
/* Create socket from which to read. */
sock = socket(AF_UNIX, SOCK_DGRAM, 0);
if (sock < 0) {
perror("opening datagram socket");
exit(1);
}
/* Create name. */
name.sun_family = AF_UNIX;
strcpy(name.sun_path, NAME);
if (bind(sock, &name, sizeof(struct sockaddr_un))) {
perror("binding name to datagram socket");
exit(1);
}
printf("socket -->%s\n", NAME);
/* Read from the socket */
if (read(sock, buf, 1024) < 0)
perror("receiving datagram packet");
printf("-->%s\n", buf);
close(sock);
unlink(NAME);
}
Figure 5a -- Reading UNIX domain datagrams