1 files changed, 16 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index edfe6b2..52a4a4a 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -4,11 +4,9 @@
 #include <sys/socket.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 
-int main() {
-  struct sockaddr_in addr;
-  addr.sin_family = AF_INET;         /* IPv4 */
-  addr.sin_port = htons(8000);       /* Port */
-  addr.sin_addr.s_addr = INADDR_ANY; /* equals to 0.0.0.0 */
+// returns a socket file descriptor.
+// if connection could not be established, 1 gets returned
+int establish_connection(struct sockaddr_in addr) {
   int sfd = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
   if (sfd == -1) {
     perror("could not open socket");
@@ -26,7 +24,20 @@ int main() {
     perror("could not listen");
     return 1;
   }
+  return sfd;
+}
+
+int main() {
+  struct sockaddr_in addr;
+  addr.sin_family = AF_INET;         /* IPv4 */
+  addr.sin_port = htons(8000);       /* Port */
+  addr.sin_addr.s_addr = INADDR_ANY; /* equals to 0.0.0.0 */
   struct pollfd fds[256];
+  int sfd = establish_connection(addr);
+  if (sfd == 1) {
+    perror("could not establish connection");
+    return 1;
+  }
   fds[0].fd = sfd;        /* socket file descriptor */
   fds[0].events = POLLIN; /* data to read */
   nfds_t nfds = 1;        /* non file descriptor. something with timeout */