1 files changed, 26 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/tcp.c b/tcp.c
index 454df75..50ae891 100644
--- a/tcp.c
+++ b/tcp.c
@@ -179,6 +179,32 @@ int unix_connect(char *path)
     return sock;
 }
 
+int cdev_connect(char *path)
+{
+    struct stat st;
+    char *opts;
+    int fd;
+
+    opts = strchr(path,',');
+    if (opts) {
+        *opts = 0;
+        opts++;
+    }
+
+    fd = open(path, O_RDWR);
+    if (fd == -1) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "open %s: %s\n", path, strerror(errno));
+        return -1;
+    }
+    fstat(fd, &st);
+    if (!S_ISCHR(st.st_mode)) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "not a character device: %s\n", path);
+        close(fd);
+        return -1;
+    }
+    return fd;
+}
+
 int pipe_connect(char *path)
 {
     struct stat st;