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+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/socket.h>
+#include <netinet/in.h>
+#include <arpa/inet.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+#define SA struct sockaddr
+
+/* Connects to the peer and returns a socket
+ * descriptor.
+ */
+extern int
+tcp_connect (void)
+{
+ const char *PORT = "5556";
+ const char *SERVER = "127.0.0.1";
+ int err, sd;
+ struct sockaddr_in sa;
+
+ /* connects to server
+ */
+ sd = socket (AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
+
+ memset (&sa, '\0', sizeof (sa));
+ sa.sin_family = AF_INET;
+ sa.sin_port = htons (atoi (PORT));
+ inet_pton (AF_INET, SERVER, &sa.sin_addr);
+
+ err = connect (sd, (SA *) & sa, sizeof (sa));
+ if (err < 0)
+ {
+ fprintf (stderr, "Connect error\n");
+ exit (1);
+ }
+
+ return sd;
+}
+
+/* closes the given socket descriptor.
+ */
+extern void
+tcp_close (int sd)
+{
+ shutdown (sd, SHUT_RDWR); /* no more receptions */
+ close (sd);
+}