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unix-sockets

Description

Simple access to UNIX domain sockets.

Author

felix winkelmann

Requirements

easyffi

Documentation

The interface is similar to the builtin TCP socket functionality in CHICKEN.

unix-listen PATHNAME #!optional BACKLOGprocedure

Creates a socket listener object. PATHNAME gives the name of the file that represents the connection. BACKLOG specifies how many pending connections are allowed and defaults to 10.

unix-listener? Xprocedure

Returns #t if X is a unix socket listener object, or #f otherwise.

unix-close LISTENERprocedure

Closes the socket associated with the listener object.

unix-accept LISTENERprocedure

Waits for a connection from a client and returns two values: an input- and output-port which can be used to communicate with the connecting process. Calling unix-accept does not block other threads from running.

unix-accept-ready? LISTENERprocedure

Returns #t if a unix-accept for this listener would not block the current thread, or #f otherwise.

unix-connect PATHNAMEprocedure

Connects to the socket given in PATHNAME and returns two values: an input- and output-port which allow communication with the server.

unix-listener-fileno LISTENERprocedure

Returns the file-descriptor of the socket associated with the given listener object.

unix-listener-path LISTENERprocedure

Returns the pathname of the socket associated with the given listener object.

unix-pairprocedure

Create a pair of connected sockets and returns four values: an input- and output-port for the first socket, and the same for the second socket. These ports can be used for bidirectional communication between a parent and child process, for example.

Gotchas

If you try to write to the socket's output port when the other side has shut down the socket, a SIGPIPE will be generated. The application must handle or ignore the signal (see posix); once the signal is dealt with, the write attempt will raise an exception of its own using signal from Exceptions.

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