Listen a socket for client request for 10 seconds

[silverburgh.meryl]

Hi,

I read the following code which open a server socket for client
request.
However, i would like to know how can I change it so that i just
listen for client requestfor 10 seconds, after that, it bows out?
Code:

// Create socket for listening for client connection requests.
listenSocket = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
if (listenSocket < 0) {
std::cout << "cannot create listen socket";
return;
}

// Bind listen socket to listen port. First set various fields in
// the serverAddress structure, then call bind().
// htonl() and htons() convert long integers and short integers
// (respectively) from host byte order (on x86 this is Least
// Significant Byte first) to network byte order (Most Significant
// Byte first).
serverAddress.s in_family = AF_INET;
serverAddress.s in_addr.s_addr = htonl(INADDR_AN Y);
serverAddress.s in_port = htons(listenPor t);

if (bind(listenSoc ket,
(struct sockaddr *) &serverAddre ss,
sizeof(serverAd dress)) < 0) {
std::cout << "cannot bind socket";
return;
}

// Wait for connections from clients.
// This is a non-blocking call; i.e., it registers this program with
// the system as expecting connections on this socket, and then
// this thread of execution continues on.
listen(listenSo cket, 10);

int count = 0;

while (1) {
std::cout << "Waiting for TCP connection on port " << listenPort
<< " ...\n";

// Accept a connection with a client that is requesting one. The
// accept() call is a blocking call; i.e., this thread of
// execution stops until a connection comes in.
// connectSocket is a new socket that the system provides,
// separate from listenSocket. We *could* accept more
// connections on listenSocket, before connectSocket is closed,
// but this program doesn't do that.
clientAddressLe ngth = sizeof(clientAd dress);
connectSocket = accept(listenSo cket,
(struct sockaddr *) &clientAddre ss,
&clientAddressL ength);
if (connectSocket < 0) {
std::cout << "cannot accept connection ";
return;
}

Thank you.

[Keith Thompson]

"si************ ***@gmail.com" <si************ ***@gmail.comwr ites:

I read the following code which open a server socket for client
request.
However, i would like to know how can I change it so that i just
listen for client requestfor 10 seconds, after that, it bows out?
Code:

// Create socket for listening for client connection requests.
listenSocket = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
if (listenSocket < 0) {
std::cout << "cannot create listen socket";
return;
}

[snip]

That's C++. Why did you post to comp.lang.c?

But before you post to comp.lang.c++, you need to be aware that
sockets are not defined by either the C language or the C++ language.
Try a newsgroup that deals with your operating system, most likely
comp.unix.progr ammer.

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[Aditya]

On Jun 18, 9:52 am, "silverburgh.me [e-mail]"
<silverburgh.me [e-mail] ote:

Hi,

I read the following code which open a server socket for client
request.
However, i would like to know how can I change it so that i just
listen for client requestfor 10 seconds, after that, it bows out?

Code:

// Create socket for listening for client connection requests.
listenSocket = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
if (listenSocket < 0) {
std::cout << "cannot create listen socket";
return;
}

// Bind listen socket to listen port. First set various fields in
// the serverAddress structure, then call bind().
// htonl() and htons() convert long integers and short integers
// (respectively) from host byte order (on x86 this is Least
// Significant Byte first) to network byte order (Most Significant
// Byte first).
serverAddress.s in_family = AF_INET;
serverAddress.s in_addr.s_addr = htonl(INADDR_AN Y);
serverAddress.s in_port = htons(listenPor t);

if (bind(listenSoc ket,
(struct sockaddr *) &serverAddre ss,
sizeof(serverAd dress)) < 0) {
std::cout << "cannot bind socket";
return;
}

// Wait for connections from clients.
// This is a non-blocking call; i.e., it registers this program with
// the system as expecting connections on this socket, and then
// this thread of execution continues on.
listen(listenSo cket, 10);

int count = 0;

while (1) {
std::cout << "Waiting for TCP connection on port " << listenPort
<< " ...\n";

// Accept a connection with a client that is requesting one. The
// accept() call is a blocking call; i.e., this thread of
// execution stops until a connection comes in.
// connectSocket is a new socket that the system provides,
// separate from listenSocket. We *could* accept more
// connections on listenSocket, before connectSocket is closed,
// but this program doesn't do that.
clientAddressLe ngth = sizeof(clientAd dress);
connectSocket = accept(listenSo cket,
(struct sockaddr *) &clientAddre ss,
&clientAddressL ength);
if (connectSocket < 0) {
std::cout << "cannot accept connection ";
return;
}

Thank you.

Hi
Though this is not a part of C programming, still I am going since i
have worked some stuff like this.
For the functions u are using u need to use Unix APIs like socket.h
and fcntl.h

As the comments in this code specify that the accept() is a blocking
mode function, so u need to call in in unblockking mode(Sorry if the
terminology I am using is not very precise).

For that take the flags in some variable stat and flip the flags to
non blocking mode

stat = fcntl(listenSoc ket, F_GETFL, NULL);
stat |= O_NONBLOCK;
fcntl(listenSoc ket, F_SETFL, stat);

Start a loop that works for 10seconds.

call the function accept(). If there is nothing which accept() can
work upon , it goes to the next statement. So, u can continue with
this for 10 seconds, apply the condition with accept() that if
something is returned by accept(), break the loop.

After the loop completes donot forget to flip back the flags to
blocking mode.

stat = fcntl(listenSoc ket, F_GETFL, NULL);
stat = (~O_NONBLOCK);
fcntl(listenSoc ket, F_SETFL, stat);

This worked for me!!!

Thanks
Aditya

[Richard Heathfield]

Aditya said:

<snip>

For the functions u are using u need to use Unix APIs like socket.h
and fcntl.h

As the comments in this code specify that the accept() is a blocking
mode function, so u need to call in in unblockking mode

Not necessarily true, and in fact rather misleading.

The OP would do better to take this up in comp.unix.progr ammer where he
will get expert advice.

--
Richard Heathfield
"Usenet is a strange place" - dmr 29/7/1999
http://www.cpax.org.uk
email: rjh at the above domain, - www.

[Aditya]

On Jun 19, 1:07 pm, Richard Heathfield <[e-mail].i nvalidwrote:

Aditya said:

<snip>

For the functions u are using u need to use Unix APIs like socket.h
and fcntl.h

As the comments in this code specify that the accept() is a blocking
mode function, so u need to call in in unblockking mode

Not necessarily true, and in fact rather misleading.

The OP would do better to take this up in comp.unix.progr ammer where he
will get expert advice.

--
Richard Heathfield
"Usenet is a strange place" - dmr 29/7/1999http://www.cpax.org.uk
email: rjh at the above domain, - www.

Hi Richard
Sorry if was wrong... I am just a newbie. But please do tell me if I
am misleading. What is the place I am wrong?
Thanks
Aditya

[Ian Collins]

Aditya wrote:

On Jun 19, 1:07 pm, Richard Heathfield <[e-mail].i nvalidwrote:

>Aditya said:

<snip>

>>For the functions u are using u need to use Unix APIs like socket.h
and fcntl.h
As the comments in this code specify that the accept() is a blocking
mode function, so u need to call in in unblockking mode

Not necessarily true, and in fact rather misleading.

The OP would do better to take this up in comp.unix.progr ammer where he
will get expert advice.

Hi Richard
Sorry if was wrong... I am just a newbie. But please do tell me if I
am misleading. What is the place I am wrong?

The advice and the reason (what do you do when accept returns? How to
you manage the timeout?) are both off topic! The best advice is to move
the question to comp.unix.progr ammer.

One more thing, please please don't use silly abbreviations like "u",
they make you post hard to read.

--
Ian Collins.

[Richard Heathfield]

Aditya said:

On Jun 19, 1:07 pm, Richard Heathfield <[e-mail].i nvalidwrote:

>Aditya said:

<snip>

For the functions u are using u need to use Unix APIs like socket.h
and fcntl.h

As the comments in this code specify that the accept() is a
blocking mode function, so u need to call in in unblockking mode

Not necessarily true, and in fact rather misleading.

The OP would do better to take this up in comp.unix.progr ammer where
he will get expert advice.

Sorry if was wrong... I am just a newbie. But please do tell me if I
am misleading. What is the place I am wrong?

One of the mistakes you made was in trying to offer Unix programming
advice in a newsgroup where it is not topical and therefore where any
mistakes you make risk not being picked up.

To learn about the /other/ mistake you made, ask in
comp.unix.progr ammer, since it's not topical here in comp.lang.c.

--
Richard Heathfield
"Usenet is a strange place" - dmr 29/7/1999
http://www.cpax.org.uk
email: rjh at the above domain, - www.

[CBFalconer]

Aditya wrote:

>

.... snip ...

>
Though this is not a part of C programming, still I am going since
i have worked some stuff like this. For the functions u are using
u need to use Unix APIs like socket.h and fcntl.h

u hasn't been on this newsgroup for some time. His name is
singular, so you should use the verb 'is', not are.

I.e. don't use silly geekspeak on Usenet. It is NOT cool.

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