Invalid conversions

I am trying to compile this code and I am getting an error I don't understand

Here is the section of code:

Code:

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int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
        int sock;
        struct sockaddr_in addr, claddr;
        pid_t pid;
        int i, found;
        int flag;
        int rc;
        pthread_t threadid;

        signal(SIGCHLD, SIG_IGN);

        if (argc >= 2) {
                strcpy(rootdir, argv[1]);
        } else {
                getcwd(rootdir, 512);
        }

        sock = socket(PF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0);

        if (sock < 0)
        {
                printf("Error in socket.\n");
                return -1;
        }

        flag = 1;
        if (setsockopt(sock, SOL_SOCKET, SO_REUSEADDR, &flag, sizeof(flag)) < 0)
        {
                printf("Error in setsockopt for REUSEADDR\n");
                return -1;
        }

        addr.sin_family = AF_INET;
        addr.sin_port = htons(7513);
        addr.sin_addr.s_addr = INADDR_ANY;

        if (bind(sock, (struct sockaddr *)&addr, sizeof(addr)) < 0)
        {
                printf("Error in bind\n");
                return -1;
        }

        if (listen(sock, 1) < 0)
        {
                printf("Error in listen\n");
                return -1;
        }

        while (1)
        {
                int consock, size;

                size = sizeof(claddr);
                consock = accept(sock, (struct sockaddr *)&claddr, &size);
                //printf("New connection arriving...\n");
                if (consock < 0)
                {
                        printf("Error in accept\n");
                        return 0;
                }

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And this is the error it says I have.

Code:

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/home/roger/Nethost/main.cpp|898|error: invalid conversion from ‘int*’ to ‘socklen_t*’|
/home/roger/Nethost/main.cpp|898|error:  initializing argument 3 of ‘int accept(int, sockaddr*, socklen_t*)’|

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I am new to programing in C and have never done socket programing before.

Any help would be appreciated

If you mean socklen_t, use socklen_t instead of int.

I don't understand, I highlighted the line that is generating the error.

If you want size to be a socklen_t, if you plan to use size as a socklen_t, then declare it as a socklen_t:

Code:

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/* not int size; */
socklen_t size;

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This code is compiled using C++. And in C++ different types means error (it's pretty much a programming error in C, too, unless you use an explicit cast - and that means you know what you're doing, and in this case, it's WRONG).
accept is expecting the type socklen_t*, but you're passing it int*, which are not the same.
The correct solution then, is what tabstop is pointing out.