Thread: Proxy

I worked it out. What I did was stored the bytes received in a char pointer, and did the following changes to this function.

Code:

bool RECV_MSG ( SOCKET_DATA* PIPE, char *message, char *RECVD_BYTES ) {

    ssize_t status;
    
    status = recv( PIPE->m_sock, message, BUFFER, 0 );
    
    if ( status < 0 ) {
        printf ("%c[1;91m - ERROR #%d: Cannot recieve message!%c[0m\n", 27, errno, 27);
        return false;
    } else if ( status == 0 ) {
        printf ("%c[1;95m - WARNING #%d: Could not read from socket, this is OK.%c[0m\n", 27, errno, 27);
        return false;
    } else {
        sprintf( RECVD_BYTES, "%d", ( int ) status ); // This is what I added.
        return true;
    }
}

bool SEND_MSG ( SOCKET_DATA* PIPE, char *message, char *SEND_BYTES ) {
    
    ssize_t status;
    
    status = send ( PIPE->m_sock, message, atoi ( SEND_BYTES ), 0 );

    if (status < 0) {
        printf ("%c[1;91m - ERROR #%d: Cannot send message!%c[0m\n", 27, errno, 27);
        return false;
    } else {
        return true;
    }
}

I figured I could use an int pointer, but I didnt know how to work that one, so I used a char* instead. I couldn't be happier, it took me a while to figure this one out. As we speak I'm using this program .

An int pointer would definitely be cleaner than passing strings around that ultimately hold integers. int pointers are easy to use too:

Code:

void foo(int *bar)
    *bar = 5;
}

int x;
foo(&x); // sets x to 5

I was trying to do it that way, but I think the mistake I made was putting the '&' before the variable.

Thanks.