*
*/
int ipc_connect(const char *socket_path) {
+ char *path = NULL;
+ if (socket_path != NULL) {
+ path = sstrdup(socket_path);
+ }
+
+ if (path == NULL) {
+ if ((path = getenv("I3SOCK")) != NULL) {
+ path = sstrdup(path);
+ }
+ }
+
+ if (path == NULL) {
+ path = root_atom_contents("I3_SOCKET_PATH", NULL, 0);
+ }
+
+ if (path == NULL) {
+ path = sstrdup("/tmp/i3-ipc.sock");
+ }
+
int sockfd = socket(AF_LOCAL, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
if (sockfd == -1)
err(EXIT_FAILURE, "Could not create socket");
struct sockaddr_un addr;
memset(&addr, 0, sizeof(struct sockaddr_un));
addr.sun_family = AF_LOCAL;
- strncpy(addr.sun_path, socket_path, sizeof(addr.sun_path) - 1);
+ strncpy(addr.sun_path, path, sizeof(addr.sun_path) - 1);
if (connect(sockfd, (const struct sockaddr *)&addr, sizeof(struct sockaddr_un)) < 0)
- err(EXIT_FAILURE, "Could not connect to i3");
-
+ err(EXIT_FAILURE, "Could not connect to i3 on socket %s", path);
+ free(path);
return sockfd;
}