hello
I have made a chat client in linux using socket, and i wish to destroy the connection completely. Following is the relevant portions of the code:
#include
#include
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#include
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#include
#include
int main()
{
int sock, connected, bytes_recieved , true = 1;
char send_data [1024] , recv_data[1024];
struct sockaddr_in server_addr,client_addr;
int sin_size;
if ((sock = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0)) == -1) {
perror("Socket");
exit(1);
}
if (setsockopt(sock,SOL_SOCKET,SO_REUSEADDR,&true,sizeof(int)) == -1) {
perror("Setsockopt");
exit(1);
}
server_addr.sin_family = AF_INET;
server_addr.sin_port = htons(2004);
server_addr.sin_addr.s_addr = INADDR_ANY;
bzero(&(server_addr.sin_zero),8);
if (bind(sock, (struct sockaddr *)&server_addr, sizeof(struct sockaddr))
== -1) {
perror("Unable to bind");
exit(1);
}
if (listen(sock, 5) == -1) {
perror("Listen");
exit(1);
}
printf("
TCPServer Waiting for client on port 2004");
fflush(stdout);
while(1)
{
sin_size = sizeof(struct sockaddr_in);
connected = accept(sock, (struct sockaddr *)&client_addr,&sin_size);
printf("
I got a connection from (%s , %d)",
inet_ntoa(client_addr.sin_addr),ntohs(client_addr.sin_port));
while (1)
{
printf("
SEND (q or Q to quit) : ");
gets(send_data);
if (strcmp(send_data , "q") == 0 || strcmp(send_data , "Q") == 0)
{
send(connected, send_data,strlen(send_data), 0);
close(connected);
break;
}
else
send(connected, send_data,strlen(send_data), 0);
bytes_recieved = recv(connected,recv_data,1024,0);
recv_data[bytes_recieved] = '\0';
if (strcmp(recv_data , "q") == 0 || strcmp(recv_data , "Q") == 0)
{
close(connected);
break;
}
else
printf("
RECIEVED DATA = %s " , recv_data);
fflush(stdout);
}
}
close(sock);
return 0;
}
but the close(sock) doesnot seem to close the destroy the connection completely, because after going to ‘label’ the code is exiting showing the error message
Unable to bind: Address already in use
That is the connection is not happening again. What can the problem be? Thanks in advance.