static void connect_alarm(int); int connect_timeo(int sockfd, const SA *saptr, socklen_t salen, int nsec) { Sigfunc *sigfunc; int n; sigfunc = signal(SIGALRM, connect_alarm); if (alarm(nsec) != 0) err_msg("connect_timeo: alarm was already set"); if ( (n = connect(sockfd, saptr, salen)) < 0) { close(sockfd); if (errno == EINTR) errno = ETIMEDOUT; } alarm(0); /* turn off the alarm */ signal(SIGALRM, sigfunc); /* restore previous signal handler */ return(n); } static void connect_alarm(int signo) { return; /* just interrupt the connect() */ }