tcpclient.c

/* tcpclient.c */

#include <sys/socket.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <netinet/in.h>
#include <netdb.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <errno.h>

int main()

{

        int sock, bytes_recieved; 
        char send_data[1024],recv_data[1024];
        struct hostent *host;
        struct sockaddr_in server_addr; 

        host = gethostbyname("127.0.0.1");

        if ((sock = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0)) == -1) {
            perror("Socket");
            exit(1);
        }

        server_addr.sin_family = AF_INET;    
        server_addr.sin_port = htons(5000);  
        server_addr.sin_addr = *((struct in_addr *)host->h_addr);
        bzero(&(server_addr.sin_zero),8);

        if (connect(sock, (struct sockaddr *)&server_addr,
                    sizeof(struct sockaddr)) == -1)
        {
            perror("Connect");
            exit(1);
        }

        while(1)
        {
       
          bytes_recieved=recv(sock,recv_data,1024,0);
          recv_data[bytes_recieved] = '/0';
 
          if (strcmp(recv_data , "q") == 0 || strcmp(recv_data , "Q") == 0)
          {
           close(sock);
           break;
          }

          else
           printf("/nRecieved data = %s " , recv_data);
          
           printf("/nSEND (q or Q to quit) : ");
           gets(send_data);
          
          if (strcmp(send_data , "q") != 0 && strcmp(send_data , "Q") != 0)
           send(sock,send_data,strlen(send_data), 0);

          else
          {
           send(sock,send_data,strlen(send_data), 0);  
           close(sock);
           break;
          }
       
        }  
return 0;
}