AuOpenServer(3) 					     Library Functions Manual						   AuOpenServer(3)

Name
       AuOpenServer - connect to audio server

Synopsis
       #include <audio/audiolib.h>

       AuServer *AuOpenServer(servername, num_authproto, authproto, num_authdata, authdata, ret_status)
	   char *servername;
	   int num_authproto;
	   char *authproto;
	   int num_authdata;
	   char *authdata;
	   char **return_status; /* RETURN */

Arguments
       servername
		 Specifies the audio server name.  This determines the server and communications domain to be used.

       num_authproto
		 Specifies the length of the connection authorization protocol name.

       authproto Specifies the name of the connection authorization protocol.

       num_authdata
		 Specifies the length of the connection authorization data.

       authdata  Specifies the connection authorization data.

       return_status
		 If non-NULL, and the connection is refused, returns an error message.

Description
       AuOpenServer  creates a connection to the specified audio server and returns a pointer to an AuServer structure or NULL, with return_status
       (if non-NULL) pointing to an error message describing the reason, if it was unsuccessfull.

       If servername is NULL or a pointer to NUL, AuOpenServer get the value from the enviroment.  servername  has  the  format  hostname:port	or
       hostname::port.	 If  a	double colon (::) separates the hostname and port number, AuOpenServer connects using DECnet streams.  If a single
       colon (:) separates the hostname and port number, and the hostname is a host machine name, AuOpenServer connects using TCP streams.   If  a
       single  colon  (:)  separates the hostname and port number, and the hostname is "unix", AuOpenServer connects using UNIX domain sockets (or
       Streams).  If the hostname is not specified, AuOpenServer uses whatever it believes is the fastest transport.

See Also
       AuCloseServer, AuServerName.

       audiolib - Network Audio System C Language Interface

audiolib - housekeeping 					       1.9.3							   AuOpenServer(3)