remove sleep(1) on client and try to connect immediately; also retry several times to connect in case server isn't started yet

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/src/net/client.c b/src/net/client.c
index 0d1686c..409de6a 100644
--- a/src/net/client.c
+++ b/src/net/client.c
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
  * Client side function; connects to specified host:port
  * @param[in] host Hostname of server
  * @param[in] port Port of server
- * @return Socket with open connection to server
+ * @return Socket with open connection to server or -1 on error
  */
 int client_connect_server(const char* host, const char* port)
 {
@@ -51,13 +51,10 @@ int client_connect_server(const char* host, const char* port)
 
 		close(sock);
 	}
+	freeaddrinfo(result);
 
 	if(tmp == NULL)
-	{
-		printf("failed to connect\n");
-		exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
-	}
-	freeaddrinfo(result);
+		return -1;
 
 	return sock;
 }