connect() wrapper

A wrapper function for the connect() system call which can use a shorter timeout. You should use this library via the LD_PRELOAD hook, so an arbitrary program can benefit from shorter timeouts with recompiling.
The default timeout upon connect() is now 10 seconds. You can change this value by setting the CONNECT_TIMEOUT environment variable. It accepts an integer which is interpreted as seconds. To use the connect-wrapper start your program like this:
CONNECT_TIMEOUT=12 LD_PRELOAD="/path/to/connect_wrapper.so $LD_PRELOAD" telnet 1.1.1.1

For questions and suggestions contact Dirk Jagdmann <doj@cubic.org>.

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Version 1.0 - 2007-06-22: connect_wrapper-1.0.tar.gz