#include "headers.h"

int dial(const char *fqdn, const char *proto)
  {
  int sd;
  struct addrinfo hints;
  struct addrinfo *ainfo; 

  if( !(sd = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0)))
      {
      return(0);
      }

  /* using hints at all right now seems to break our connectivity... */
  /* POSIX demands that all fields of a hints struct are initialized */
  memset(&hints, 0, sizeof(struct addrinfo));
  /* only return IPv6/4 addresses if the system can handle them */
  hints.ai_flags = AI_ADDRCONFIG;
  /* we want both IPv4 and IPv6 to be configured */
  hints.ai_family = AF_UNSPEC;
  /* connecting via TCP stream */
  hints.ai_socktype = SOCK_STREAM;
  /* using the default protocol for TCP over inet */
  /* seems to break fetch on BSD?                 */
  /*  hints.ai_protocol = IPPROTO_TCP;            */


  if(getaddrinfo(fqdn, proto, NULL, &ainfo))
      {
      return(0);
      }



  if(connect(sd, ainfo->ai_addr, sizeof(struct sockaddr)))
    {
    return(0);
    }


  return(sd);
  }