fd-client.c

An example that shows how to receive a file descriptor over librpc connection.

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#include <stdio.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <errno.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <rpc/object.h>
#include <rpc/client.h>

int
main(int argc, const char *argv[])
{
    rpc_client_t client;
    rpc_connection_t conn;
    rpc_object_t result;
    int fds[2];

    if (argc < 2) {
        fprintf(stderr, "Usage: fd-client <server socket URI>\n");
        return (1);
    }

    client = rpc_client_create(argv[1], 0);
    if (client == NULL) {
        fprintf(stderr, "cannot connect: %s\n", strerror(errno));
        return (1);
    }

    if (pipe(fds) != 0) {
        fprintf(stderr, "cannot create pipe: %s\n", strerror(errno));
        return (1);
    }

    conn = rpc_client_get_connection(client);
    result = rpc_connection_call_sync(conn, NULL, NULL, "write_to_pipe",
        rpc_fd_create(fds[1]), NULL);
    printf("result = %s\n", rpc_string_get_string_ptr(result));
    rpc_release(result);

    close(fds[1]);

    for (;;) {
        char buf[1024];
        ssize_t ret;

        ret = read(fds[0], buf, sizeof(buf));
        if (ret <= 0)
            break;

        printf("%.*s", (int)ret, buf);
    }

    rpc_client_close(client);
    return (0);
}