Hello there,
Im am trying to write a simple dict client just to send the command DEFINE and receive the answer. I am hoping to get similar result to when i connect to dict via telnet (telnet dict.org dict). After i send a command DEFINE world02 Poland then i get the apropriate answer.


In my program, the response is, no matter what i send:
Code:
220 pan.alephnull.com dictd 1.12.0/rf on Linux 3.0.0-14-server <auth.mime> <[email protected]>

I dont know what am i doing wrong here. Here is my code:


Code:
#include<stdio.h>
#include<string.h>    //strlen
#include<sys/socket.h>
#include<arpa/inet.h> //inet_addr
#include <unistd.h>


int main()
{
    int socket_desc;
    struct sockaddr_in server;
    char *message , server_reply[5000];


    //Create socket
    socket_desc = socket(AF_INET , SOCK_STREAM , 0);
    if (socket_desc == -1)
    {
        printf("Could not create socket");
    }


    server.sin_addr.s_addr = inet_addr("216.18.20.172");
    server.sin_family = AF_INET;
    server.sin_port = htons(2628);


    //Connect to remote server
    if (connect(socket_desc , (struct sockaddr *)&server , sizeof(server)) < 0)
    {
        puts("connect error");
        return 1;
    }


    puts("Connected\n");


    //Send some data
    message = "DEFINE world02 Poland";
    if( send(socket_desc , message , strlen(message) , 0) < 0)
    {
        puts("Send failed");
        return 1;
    }
    puts("Data Send\n");


    //Receive a reply from the server
    if( recv(socket_desc, server_reply , 5000 , 0) < 0)
    {
        puts("recv failed");
    }
    puts("Reply received\n");
    puts(server_reply);
    close(socket_desc);


    return 0;
}

If anyone has any expirience in dict protocol and would be abble to aid me here i would be really gratefull for that.