hi, noob @ socket programming here. :P
i'm trying to make client/server programs where:
- the server waits for a number of connections, say four clients.
- and then broadcasts data to the clients ONLY if the number of clients are reached. meaning it will wait until 4 clients are connected to the server.
The programs i wrote are not working properly. the server reports: "bad file descriptor" as an error report for the send() function.
can anybody help me, please?
I hope some one will respond soon... X(
here's my server code:
Code:/* ** server.c -- a stream socket server demo */ #include <stdio.h> #include <stdlib.h> #include <unistd.h> #include <errno.h> #include <string.h> #include <sys/types.h> #include <sys/socket.h> #include <netinet/in.h> #include <netdb.h> #include <arpa/inet.h> #include <sys/wait.h> #include <signal.h> #define PORT "3490" // the port users will be connecting to #define BACKLOG 10 // how many pending connections queue will hold void sigchld_handler(int s) { while(waitpid(-1, NULL, WNOHANG) > 0); } // get sockaddr, IPv4 or IPv6: void *get_in_addr(struct sockaddr *sa) { if (sa->sa_family == AF_INET) { return &(((struct sockaddr_in*)sa)->sin_addr); } return &(((struct sockaddr_in6*)sa)->sin6_addr); } void report(char *str){ // prints the string str in console and in log file ***unfinished printf("%s", str); } int main(int argc, char *argv[]) { char str[999]; int sockfd, new_fd; // listen on sock_fd, new connection on new_fd struct addrinfo hints, *servinfo, *p; struct sockaddr_storage their_addr; // connector's address information socklen_t sin_size; struct sigaction sa; int yes=1; char s[INET6_ADDRSTRLEN]; int rv, PCs, i=0, q=0; if (argc != 2) { fprintf(stderr,"usage: serv number_of_PCs\n"); exit(1); } else{ PCs = atoi(argv[1]); // PCs = number of PCs to be used } int PC[PCs]; // PC IDs memset(&hints, 0, sizeof hints); hints.ai_family = AF_UNSPEC; hints.ai_socktype = SOCK_STREAM; hints.ai_flags = AI_PASSIVE; // use my IP if ((rv = getaddrinfo(NULL, PORT, &hints, &servinfo)) != 0) { fprintf(stderr, "getaddrinfo: %s\n", gai_strerror(rv)); return 1; } // loop through all the results and bind to the first we can for(p = servinfo; p != NULL; p = p->ai_next) { if ((sockfd = socket(p->ai_family, p->ai_socktype, p->ai_protocol)) == -1) { perror("server: socket"); continue; } if (setsockopt(sockfd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_REUSEADDR, &yes, sizeof(int)) == -1) { perror("setsockopt"); exit(1); } if (bind(sockfd, p->ai_addr, p->ai_addrlen) == -1) { close(sockfd); perror("server: bind"); continue; } break; } if (p == NULL) { fprintf(stderr, "server: failed to bind\n"); return 2; } freeaddrinfo(servinfo); // all done with this structure if (listen(sockfd, BACKLOG) == -1) { perror("listen"); exit(1); } sa.sa_handler = sigchld_handler; // reap all dead processes sigemptyset(&sa.sa_mask); sa.sa_flags = SA_RESTART; if (sigaction(SIGCHLD, &sa, NULL) == -1) { perror("sigaction"); exit(1); } sprintf(str,"server: waiting for connections...\n"); report(str); while(i<PCs) { // main accept() loop sin_size = sizeof their_addr; new_fd = accept(sockfd, (struct sockaddr *)&their_addr, &sin_size); if (new_fd == -1) { perror("accept"); continue; } else{ PC[i] = new_fd; i++; inet_ntop(their_addr.ss_family, get_in_addr((struct sockaddr *)&their_addr), s, sizeof s); sprintf(str,"server: got connection from %s\n", s); report(str); close(new_fd); // parent doesn't need this } } for(q=0; q<i; q++){ if (!fork()) { // this is the child process close(sockfd); // child doesn't need the listener if (send(PC[q], "Hello, world!", 13, 0) == -1) perror("send"); else{ sprintf(str,"server: sent to %s\n", s); report(str); } close(PC[q]); exit(0); } } return 0; }
and here's my code for the client:
Code:/* ** client.c -- a stream socket client demo */ #include <stdio.h> #include <stdlib.h> #include <unistd.h> #include <errno.h> #include <string.h> #include <netdb.h> #include <sys/types.h> #include <netinet/in.h> #include <sys/socket.h> #include <arpa/inet.h> #define PORT "3490" // the port client will be connecting to #define MAXDATASIZE 100 // max number of bytes we can get at once // get sockaddr, IPv4 or IPv6: void *get_in_addr(struct sockaddr *sa) { if (sa->sa_family == AF_INET) { return &(((struct sockaddr_in*)sa)->sin_addr); } return &(((struct sockaddr_in6*)sa)->sin6_addr); } void report(char *str){ // prints the string str in console and in log file ***unfinished printf("%s", str); } int main(int argc, char *argv[]) { char str[999]; int sockfd, numbytes; char buf[MAXDATASIZE]; struct addrinfo hints, *servinfo, *p; int rv; char s[INET6_ADDRSTRLEN]; if (argc != 2) { fprintf(stderr,"usage: client hostname\n"); exit(1); } memset(&hints, 0, sizeof hints); hints.ai_family = AF_UNSPEC; hints.ai_socktype = SOCK_STREAM; if ((rv = getaddrinfo(argv[1], PORT, &hints, &servinfo)) != 0) { fprintf(stderr, "getaddrinfo: %s\n", gai_strerror(rv)); return 1; } // loop through all the results and connect to the first we can for(p = servinfo; p != NULL; p = p->ai_next) { if ((sockfd = socket(p->ai_family, p->ai_socktype, p->ai_protocol)) == -1) { perror("client: socket"); continue; } if (connect(sockfd, p->ai_addr, p->ai_addrlen) == -1) { close(sockfd); perror("client: connect"); continue; } break; } if (p == NULL) { fprintf(stderr, "client: failed to connect\n"); return 2; } inet_ntop(p->ai_family, get_in_addr((struct sockaddr *)p->ai_addr), s, sizeof s); sprintf(str, "client: connecting to %s\n", s); report(str); freeaddrinfo(servinfo); // all done with this structure if ((numbytes = recv(sockfd, buf, MAXDATASIZE-1, 0)) == -1) { perror("recv"); exit(1); } buf[numbytes] = '\0'; sprintf(str,"client: received '%s'\n",buf); report(str); close(sockfd); return 0; }
