Thread: Cant get a PONG

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    Cant get a PONG

    Hi all!

    I'm trying to get a PONG anwser but it doesn't work

    Here is my code from my simple ircbot

    Code:
    printf("\n%s", timebuffer);
    
       if(strstr(timebuffer,"PING")!=NULL)
       {
       printf("\nPing recv");
       timebuffer[1] = 'O'; // From a PING answer to a PONG but it doesn't work
       write(fd,timebuffer, strlen(timebuffer));
       }
    I hope somebody can help me.

    Thanks for all

    x77

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    So what does "doesn't work" mean?

    Does it ever print "Ping recv" for example?
    Or does timebuffer sometimes contain garbage perhaps?
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    Hi!

    It means
    This is an example:

    The server send a PING like
    PING :B335AC1B

    The client must answer with the same like
    PONG:B335AC1B

    So I only must change the I in PING to an O.

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    And if PING isn't right at the start, which strstr() can give you, then what?

    Debug the code and trace out what happens.
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    It only prints out at stdout


    :irc.test.net NOTICE AUTH :*** Looking up your hostname...
    :irc.test.net NOTICE AUTH :*** Found your hostname
    PING :X7019375
    -------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Does it ever print "Ping recv" for example?

    No I don't see this Ping recv
    Last edited by x77; 07-22-2007 at 12:48 PM.

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    perhaps try using strstrn instead of strstr

    off the top of my head, it looks like you are comparing "PING" to "PING :X7019375"
    try
    Code:
    if(strstrn(timebuffer,"PING", 4)!=NULL)
    Quote Originally Posted by x77 View Post
    Does it ever print "Ping recv" for example?

    No I don't see this Ping recv
    Then the condition in the if statement is returning false(non-zero?)
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    Code:
    char *strstr(const char *s1, const char *s2);
    That function returns a pointer to the first occurance of s2 in s1. AFAIK, there is no function "strstrn".

    The OP needs to do some debugging, or post more code. I'd first switch around the printf() statements. Place the \n's at the end, (stdout is buffered) so that you're sure it gets printed. Better, send it to stderr. Better, just fire up a debugger and set a breakpoint inside the if() statement. If it never breaks, then what you think is in the buffer doesn't correspond to what's actually there.

    Then the condition in the if statement is returning false(non-zero?)
    False would mean the condition returned 0. Non-zero in an if statement means true.
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    Hi!

    Thank you for your help.

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