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+/**
+ * test/demos/connection.c
+ * Copyright (C) 2008 mussolini
+ * Copyright (C) 2008 mbroeker
+ */
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
+#include <netdb.h>
+#include <arpa/inet.h>
+
+int connection (char *ip, unsigned short port)
+{
+    struct hostent *hs;
+    struct sockaddr_in sock;
+    int sockfd;
+
+    memset (&sock, 0, sizeof (sock));
+    sock.sin_family = AF_INET;
+    sock.sin_port = htons (port);
+
+    if ((sock.sin_addr.s_addr = inet_addr (ip)) == -1) {
+        if ((hs = gethostbyname (ip)) == NULL) {
+            perror ("[-] Error");
+            return -1;
+        }
+        sock.sin_family = hs->h_addrtype;
+        memcpy (&sock.sin_addr.s_addr, hs->h_addr, hs->h_length);
+    }
+
+    if ((sockfd = socket (AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0)) < 0) {
+        perror ("[-] Error");
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    if (connect (sockfd, (struct sockaddr *)&sock, sizeof (sock)) < 0) {
+        perror ("[-] Error ");
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    return (sockfd);
+}
+
+int main (int argc, char **argv)
+{
+    char buffer[1024];
+    int sockfd;
+    int num;
+
+    if (argc != 3) {
+        printf ("Usage: %s <ipaddr> <port>\n", argv[0]);
+        return EXIT_SUCCESS;
+    }
+
+    if ((sockfd = connection (argv[1], atoi (argv[2]))) < 0) {
+        printf ("Connection error: %s:%d\n", argv[1], atoi (argv[2]));
+        return EXIT_FAILURE;
+    }
+
+    write (sockfd, "GET /\r\n", 7);
+
+    while ((num = read (sockfd, buffer, 1023)) != 0) {
+        buffer[num] = 0;
+        printf ("%s", buffer);
+    }
+
+    return close (sockfd);
+}