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+#
+# This software is licensed under the CC0-1.0 license.
+#
+include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
+
+PKG_NAME:=sockread
+PKG_VERSION:=1.0
+PKG_RELEASE:=1
+PKG_LICENSE:=CC0-1.0
+
+include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/package.mk
+
+define Package/sockread
+ SECTION:=utils
+ CATEGORY:=Utilities
+ TITLE:=sockread
+endef
+
+define Package/sockread/description
+ sockread reads data from a Unix domain socket
+ represented as a special file on the file system.
+endef
+
+define Build/Prepare
+ mkdir -p $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)
+ $(CP) ./src/* $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/
+endef
+
+define Package/sockread/install
+ $(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/bin
+ $(INSTALL_BIN) $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/sockread $(1)/usr/bin/
+endef
+
+$(eval $(call BuildPackage,sockread))
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+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <stddef.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <sys/socket.h>
+#include <sys/un.h>
+
+
+int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
+ if (argc != 2) {
+ fprintf(stderr, "Usage: %s <socket>\n", argv[0]);
+ return 1;
+ }
+
+ size_t addrlen = strlen(argv[1]);
+
+ /* Allocate enough space for arbitrary-length paths */
+ char addrbuf[offsetof(struct sockaddr_un, sun_path) + addrlen + 1];
+ memset(addrbuf, 0, sizeof(addrbuf));
+
+ struct sockaddr_un *addr = (struct sockaddr_un *)addrbuf;
+ addr->sun_family = AF_UNIX;
+ memcpy(addr->sun_path, argv[1], addrlen+1);
+
+ int fd = socket(AF_UNIX, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
+ if (fd < 0) {
+ fprintf(stderr, "Failed to create socket: %s\n", strerror(errno));
+ return 1;
+ }
+
+ if (connect(fd, (struct sockaddr*)addr, sizeof(addrbuf)) < 0) {
+ fprintf(stderr, "Can't connect to `%s': %s\n", argv[1], strerror(errno));
+ return 1;
+ }
+
+ char buf[1024];
+ ssize_t r;
+ while (1) {
+ r = recv(fd, buf, sizeof(buf), 0);
+ if (r < 0) {
+ fprintf(stderr, "read: %s\n", strerror(errno));
+ return 1;
+ }
+
+ if (r == 0)
+ return 0;
+
+ fwrite(buf, r, 1, stdout);
+ }
+
+ return 0;
+}