+/**
+ * Prepare, create, and connect to a Unix domain socket for local communication.
+ *
+ * \param name The socket pathname.
+ *
+ * This function creates a local socket for sequenced, reliable, two-way,
+ * connection-based byte streams.
+ *
+ * \return The file descriptor, on success, negative on errors.
+ *
+ * \sa create_local_socket(), unix(7), connect(2)
+ */
+int create_remote_socket(const char *name)
+{
+ struct sockaddr_un unix_addr;
+ int fd, ret;
+
+ ret = init_unix_addr(&unix_addr, name);
+ if (ret < 0)
+ return ret;
+ fd = socket(PF_UNIX, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
+ if (fd < 0)
+ return -ERRNO_TO_PARA_ERROR(errno);
+ if (connect(fd, (struct sockaddr *)&unix_addr, sizeof(unix_addr)) == -1) {
+ ret = -ERRNO_TO_PARA_ERROR(errno);
+ goto err;
+ }
+ return fd;
+err:
+ close(fd);
+ return ret;
+}
+