2 * vim:ts=4:sw=4:expandtab
4 * i3 - an improved dynamic tiling window manager
6 * © 2009-2011 Michael Stapelberg and contributors
8 * See file LICENSE for license information.
11 #include <sys/types.h>
12 #include <sys/socket.h>
21 * Connects to the i3 IPC socket and returns the file descriptor for the
22 * socket. die()s if anything goes wrong.
25 int ipc_connect(const char *socket_path) {
26 int sockfd = socket(AF_LOCAL, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
28 err(EXIT_FAILURE, "Could not create socket");
30 struct sockaddr_un addr;
31 memset(&addr, 0, sizeof(struct sockaddr_un));
32 addr.sun_family = AF_LOCAL;
33 strncpy(addr.sun_path, socket_path, sizeof(addr.sun_path) - 1);
34 if (connect(sockfd, (const struct sockaddr*)&addr, sizeof(struct sockaddr_un)) < 0)
35 err(EXIT_FAILURE, "Could not connect to i3");