1 files changed, 19 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/xlib.c b/xlib.c
index d8392c1..e48ec39 100644
--- a/xlib.c
+++ b/xlib.c
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
 
+#include <arpa/inet.h>
+#include <netinet/in.h>
+#include <sys/socket.h>
+
+#include <netdb.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
@@ -29,3 +34,17 @@ char *xstrdup(const char *str)
 	return s;
 }
 
+int init_sockaddr(struct sockaddr_in *addr, const char *host)
+{
+	memset((char *) addr, 0, sizeof(struct sockaddr_in));
+	addr->sin_family = AF_INET;
+	if (inet_aton(host, &addr->sin_addr) == 0) {
+		struct hostent *hp;		
+		hp = gethostbyname(host);
+		if (!hp) 
+			return -1;
+		memcpy(&addr->sin_addr, hp->h_addr, 4);
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+