.TH LIBCOOPGAMMA_CONNECT 3 LIBCOOPGAMMA
.SH "NAME"
libcoopgamma_connect - Connect to a coopgamma server
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.nf
#include <libcoopgamma.h>

int libcoopgamma_connect(const char *restrict \fImethod\fP, const char *restrict \fIsite\fP,
                         libcoopgamma_context_t* restrict \fIctx\fP);
.fi
.P
Link with
.IR -lcoopgamma .
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
The
.BR libcoopgamma_connect ()
function connects to the instance coopgamma server
for the selected adjustment
.I method
and
.IR site .
If the server is not already running, it will be started. If
.I method
or
.I site
is
.IR NULL ,
the it will selected automatically.
The state of the connection is stored in
.IR ctx ,
which must be initialised but not already connected.
.IR ctx can be initialised with
.BR libcoopgamma_context_initialise (3).
.P
For the duration of the function call,
.I SIGCHLD
most neither be ignored nor blocked. It is the
user of this library's responsibility to ensure
this. The
.BR libcoopgamma_connect ()
function will not temporarily reset handling of
.I SIGCHLD
itself.
.SH "RETURN VALUES"
The
.BR libcoopgamma_connect ()
returns 0 on success. On error, -1 is returned and
.I errno
is set appropriately.
.SH "ERRORS"
The
.BR libcoopgamma_connect ()
function may fail for any reason specified for
.BR libcoopgamma_get_socket_file (3),
.BR socket (3),
.BR waitpid (3),
and
.BR connect (3).
The function may also fail for any of the
following reasons:
.TP
.B ENAMETOOLONG
The pathname of the socket was too long.
.TP
.B 0
The server failed to initialise.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR libcoopgamma_get_methods (3),
.BR libcoopgamma_get_pid_file (3),
.BR libcoopgamma_get_socket_file (3),
.BR libcoopgamma_context_initialise (3),
.BR libcoopgamma_context_destroy (3),
.BR libcoopgamma_set_nonblocking (3)