Thread: Symbol referencing errors

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    Symbol referencing errors

    hello everyone,

    I need help. i am trying out beejs guide to socket programming.
    I get the following error while trying to compile my code.


    Undefined first referenced
    symbol in file
    __xnet_socket /var/tmp//ccdwR3mW.o
    listen /var/tmp//ccdwR3mW.o
    inet_aton /var/tmp//ccdwR3mW.o
    __xnet_bind /var/tmp//ccdwR3mW.o
    ld: fatal: Symbol referencing errors. No output written to a.out
    collect2: ld returned 1 exit status


    The code is given below


    Code:
    #include <string.h>
    #include <sys/types.h>
    #include <sys/socket.h>
    #include <netinet/in.h>
    #include <arpa/inet.h>
    #include <iostream>
    using namespace std;
    
    #define ServerIP "206.236.134.28"
    #define MYPORT 3490    // the port users will be connecting to
    #define BACKLOG 10     // how many pending connections queue will hold
    
    int main()
    {
        int sockfd, new_fd;  // listen on sock_fd, new connection on new_fd
        struct sockaddr_in my_addr;    // my address information
        struct sockaddr_in their_addr; // connector's address information
        int sin_size;
    
        sockfd = socket(PF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0); // do some error checking!
    
        my_addr.sin_family = AF_INET;         // host byte order
        my_addr.sin_port = htons(MYPORT);     // short, network byte order
        if(!inet_aton(ServerIP,&(my_addr.sin_addr)))
          cout<<"\nError: Unable to assigin address"<<endl;
        memset(&(my_addr.sin_zero), '\0', 8); // zero the rest of the struct
    
        // don't forget your error checking for these calls:
        bind(sockfd, (struct sockaddr *)&my_addr, sizeof(struct sockaddr));
    
        listen(sockfd, BACKLOG);
       // sin_size = sizeof(struct sockaddr_in);
        //new_fd = accept(sockfd, (struct sockaddr *)&their_addr, (socklen_t*)&sin_size);
        //int recv(int new_fd, void *buf, int len, unsigned int flags);
        //cout<<"\nThe buffer = "<<buf<<" *buf "<<*buf;
        return 0;
    }
    Code:
    
    
    i am comiling it as
    #g++ <file name>

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    Quote Originally Posted by n00pster View Post
    hello everyone,

    I need help. i am trying out beejs guide to socket programming.
    I get the following error while trying to compile my code.

    ...

    i am comiling it as
    #g++ <file name>
    I used gcc version 3.4.4 (g++ -Wall name.c) and it compiled fine.

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    But which OS (and version) are you compiling for?

    I hope that '#' doesn't mean you're compiling as 'root'
    If you dance barefoot on the broken glass of undefined behaviour, you've got to expect the occasional cut.
    If at first you don't succeed, try writing your phone number on the exam paper.

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    What platform are you on? On some plats you need to link with -lsocket

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    Quote Originally Posted by Salem View Post
    But which OS (and version) are you compiling for?

    I hope that '#' doesn't mean you're compiling as 'root'
    good point...freeBSD 6

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    Quote Originally Posted by brewbuck View Post
    What platform are you on? On some plats you need to link with -lsocket
    Thanks a lot for all the replies.

    I am compliling on solaris
    #uname -a
    SunOS ipksun019 5.8 Generic_117350-22 sun4u sparc SUNW,Sun-Fire-480R Solaris

    I am not logged in as root. My PS1 is different and also its little bit long. So i replaced it with '#' after pasting it. :-)

    I tried to compile with -lsocket option and the number of Symbol referencing errors reduced to 1.

    Please see below:
    #g++ -lsocket dummyServer.cpp
    Undefined first referenced
    symbol in file
    inet_aton /var/tmp//ccbQ14qj.o
    ld: fatal: Symbol referencing errors. No output written to a.out
    collect2: ld returned 1 exit status

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    > g++ -lsocket dummyServer.cpp
    Order matters
    g++ dummyServer.cpp -lsocket
    If you dance barefoot on the broken glass of undefined behaviour, you've got to expect the occasional cut.
    If at first you don't succeed, try writing your phone number on the exam paper.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Salem View Post
    > g++ -lsocket dummyServer.cpp
    Order matters
    g++ dummyServer.cpp -lsocket
    I got the same old error.

    #g++ dummyServer.cpp -lsocket
    Undefined first referenced
    symbol in file
    inet_aton /var/tmp//ccwzWCDb.o
    ld: fatal: Symbol referencing errors. No output written to a.out
    collect2: ld returned 1 exit status

    My guess is that i have to link some other lib too. :-(

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    If you dance barefoot on the broken glass of undefined behaviour, you've got to expect the occasional cut.
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    thanks a lot, its working.
    -lnsl -lsocket -lresolv is needed.

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