Thread: connect to domain with gethostbyname

  1. #1
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    connect to domain with gethostbyname

    I am using the following source code to connect to a domain. However, at runtime the printf error trap reveals that connection fails. What is so wrong?

    Code:
    #include <winsock2.h>
    #include <stdio.h>
    #pragma comment(lib, "ws2_32.lib")
    
    int main(){
        WSADATA wsa;
        SOCKET sock;
        struct sockaddr_in info;
        char buffer[1024];
    	char *hostname="www.domain.com";
        if(WSAStartup(MAKEWORD(2,2), &wsa)==-1) return 0;
    	if(gethostbyname(hostname)==NULL) return 0;
        info.sin_addr.s_addr=*(LPDWORD)gethostbyname((char *)hostname)->h_addr_list[0];
        info.sin_port=htons(6667);
        info.sin_family=AF_INET;
    	memset(info.sin_zero, 0, 8);
        
        if(sock=socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, IPPROTO_TCP)==-1) return 0;
    
        if (connect(sock, (struct sockaddr *)&info, sizeof(info))==-1){
    	printf("dfswefw");
    	getchar();}

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    Try to get a more detailed error message using "errno":

    Code:
    #include <errno.h>
    #include <string.h>
    
    ...
    
    if (connect(....) == -1) {
      fprintf(stderr, strerror(errno));
      ...
    }

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