2 files changed, 29 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lib/lib.h b/lib/lib.h
index 39212df0..8e6a8e2a 100644
--- a/lib/lib.h
+++ b/lib/lib.h
@@ -205,6 +205,8 @@ void tty_sigreset(int i);
 // net.c
 int xsocket(int domain, int type, int protocol);
 void xsetsockopt(int fd, int level, int opt, void *val, socklen_t len);
+int xconnect(char *host, int port, int family, int socktype, int protocol,
+  int flags);
 
 // password.c
 int get_salt(char *salt, char * algo);
diff --git a/lib/net.c b/lib/net.c
index 5d3ea4a8..fc97a262 100644
--- a/lib/net.c
+++ b/lib/net.c
@@ -12,3 +12,30 @@ void xsetsockopt(int fd, int level, int opt, void *val, socklen_t len)
 {
   if (-1 == setsockopt(fd, level, opt, val, len)) perror_exit("setsockopt");
 }
+
+int xconnect(char *host, int port, int family, int socktype, int protocol,
+             int flags)
+{
+  char buf[32];
+  struct addrinfo info, *ai;
+  int fd;
+
+  memset(&info, 0, sizeof(struct addrinfo));
+  info.ai_family = family;
+  info.ai_socktype = socktype;
+  info.ai_protocol = protocol;
+  info.ai_flags = flags;
+
+  sprintf(buf, "%d", port);
+  fd = getaddrinfo(host, port ? buf : 0, &info, &ai);
+
+  if (fd || !ai)
+    error_exit("Connect '%s:%d': %s", host, port,
+      fd ? gai_strerror(fd) : "not found");
+
+  fd = xsocket(ai->ai_family, ai->ai_socktype, ai->ai_protocol);
+  if (connect(fd, ai->ai_addr, ai->ai_addrlen)) perror_exit("connect");
+  freeaddrinfo(ai);
+
+  return fd;
+}