NAME
upscli_connect - Open a connection to a NUT upsd
SYNOPSIS
Note
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#include <upsclient.h>
int upscli_connect(UPSCONN_t *ups, const char *host, int port, int flags);
DESCRIPTION
The upscli_connect() function takes the pointer ups to a
UPSCONN_t
state structure and opens a TCP connection to the host on
the given port.
flags may be either UPSCLI_CONN_TRYSSL
to try a SSL
connection, or UPSCLI_CONN_REQSSL
to require a SSL connection.
If SSL mode is required, this function will only return successfully if it is able to establish a SSL connection with the server. Possible reasons for failure include no SSL support on the server, and if upsclient itself hasn’t been compiled with SSL support.
You must call upscli_disconnect(3) when finished with a connection, or your program will slowly leak memory and file descriptors.
RETURN VALUE
The upscli_connect() function modifies the UPSCONN_t
structure and
returns 0 on success, or -1 if an error occurs.