<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2 Final//EN"> <!--Converted with LaTeX2HTML 2008 (1.71) original version by: Nikos Drakos, CBLU, University of Leeds * revised and updated by: Marcus Hennecke, Ross Moore, Herb Swan * with significant contributions from: Jens Lippmann, Marek Rouchal, Martin Wilck and others --> <HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>bnet_open</TITLE> <META NAME="description" CONTENT="bnet_open"> <META NAME="keywords" CONTENT="developers"> <META NAME="resource-type" CONTENT="document"> <META NAME="distribution" CONTENT="global"> <META NAME="Generator" CONTENT="LaTeX2HTML v2008"> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Style-Type" CONTENT="text/css"> <LINK REL="STYLESHEET" HREF="developers.css"> <LINK REL="next" HREF="bnet_send.html"> <LINK REL="previous" HREF="bnet_Threads.html"> <LINK REL="up" HREF="TCP_IP_Network_Protocol.html"> <LINK REL="next" HREF="bnet_send.html"> </HEAD> <BODY > <!--Navigation Panel--> <A NAME="tex2html1671" HREF="bnet_send.html"> <IMG WIDTH="37" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" ALT="next" SRC="next.png"></A> <A NAME="tex2html1665" HREF="TCP_IP_Network_Protocol.html"> <IMG WIDTH="26" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" ALT="up" SRC="up.png"></A> <A NAME="tex2html1659" HREF="bnet_Threads.html"> <IMG WIDTH="63" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" ALT="previous" SRC="prev.png"></A> <A NAME="tex2html1667" HREF="Contents.html"> <IMG WIDTH="65" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" ALT="contents" SRC="contents.png"></A> <A NAME="tex2html1669" HREF="GNU_Free_Documentation_Lice.html"> <IMG WIDTH="43" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" ALT="index" SRC="index.png"></A> <BR> <B> Next:</B> <A NAME="tex2html1672" HREF="bnet_send.html">bnet_send</A> <B> Up:</B> <A NAME="tex2html1666" HREF="TCP_IP_Network_Protocol.html">TCP/IP Network Protocol</A> <B> Previous:</B> <A NAME="tex2html1660" HREF="bnet_Threads.html">bnet and Threads</A> <B> <A NAME="tex2html1668" HREF="Contents.html">Contents</A></B> <B> <A NAME="tex2html1670" HREF="GNU_Free_Documentation_Lice.html">Index</A></B> <BR> <BR> <!--End of Navigation Panel--> <H1><A NAME="SECTION001830000000000000000"></A> <A NAME="6229"></A> <BR> bnet_open </H1> <P> To establish a connection to a server, use the subroutine: <P> BSOCK *bnet_open(void *jcr, char *host, char *service, int port, int *fatal) bnet_open(), if successful, returns the Bacula sock descriptor pointer to be used in subsequent bnet_send() and bnet_read() requests. If not successful, bnet_open() returns a NULL. If fatal is set on return, it means that a fatal error occurred and that you should not repeatedly call bnet_open(). Any error message will generally be sent to the JCR. <P> <BR><HR> <ADDRESS> 2010-06-14 </ADDRESS> </BODY> </HTML>