Can someone explain these error codes Please.

[fatboySudsy]

Hi,

I have constructed a client program that has given me some error codes that i just cannot see. I was wondering if a different set of eyes with much more experience than me could help me out. Here are the error codes and underneath i have listed the program. Thanks in advance for looking.

client.c: In function `main':
client.c:118: error: syntax error before '-' token
client.c: At top level:
client.c:132: error: conflicting types for `close_socket'
sockets.c.h:40: error: previous declaration of `close_socket'
client.c:133: error: parse error before '}' token

/*client.c - demonstration client program. Written in C Nov '94 from
Pascal version of Nov/Dec '93
revised Oct 2005 to use stdio */
 
#include <stdio.h>
#include "sockets.c.h"
 
main()
{
 
   host_name       server;
   port_number     port;
   socket_id       local_socket;
   int             ok,i,len;
   socket_buffer   data;
   char id[50];
   char box[5];
   char ack[50];
   int boxlenerr;
   char view_data[256];
 
   printf("client ...\n");
   printf("please enter host server name\n");
   scanf("%s",server);
   printf("please enter server port number\n");
   scanf("%d",&port);    /* remember the "&" to allow scanf to store the input value */
 
   local_socket = create_socket();
   printf("client: socket %d created\n", local_socket);
 
   ok=connect_sockets(local_socket, server, port);
/* socket is connected at this point */
 
   printf("Please enter your SetTopBox Number\t");
   scanf("%s",box);
 
   if (strlen(box) !=10)
     {
       printf("Incorrect box number, please try again later\n");
     }
   else
     {
       send_data(local_socket,box,strlen(box)+1);
       recv_data(local_socket,ack);
     }
 
   printf("Please enter your Customer ID\t");
   scanf("%s",id);
 
if (strlen(id) !=4)
     {
       printf("Your ID number needs to be 4 digits long\n");
     }
   else
     {
       send_data(local_socket,id,strlen(id)+1);
       recv_data(local_socket,ack);
     }
 
   int option;
   option = 0;
   printf("NuTV SELECTION MENU");
   while (option !=4)
     {
        display_menu();
       option = get_selection();
       switch (option)
         {
             case 1: get_prog_ch();
             break;
             case 2 : get_prog_cat();
             break;
             case 3 : get_prog_sub();
             break;
         }
     }
   printf(" Thanks for calling Goodbye\n\n");
 
   if (ok < 0)
   {
      printf("failed to connect sockets\n");
   }
   else
   {
      printf("client: connection made to server, now use service\n");
 
      len=recv_data(local_socket,data);
 
      printf("client: %d bytes of data received\n",len);
 
      /* now display the data received, character by character */
      for (i=0;i<len;i++)
      {  printf("%c",data[i]);
      }
      printf("\n");
   }
 
void display_menu()
     {
       printf("\n");
       printf("Please choose an option\n");
       printf("1-Choose programmes by channel number\n");
       printf("2-Choose programmes by category\n");
       printf("3-Choose programmes bt ctegory & sub-categroy\n");
       printf("4- Exit the system\n");
     }
 
   int get_selection()
     {
       int ch =0;
       while (ch >3 && ch <1)
         {printf("please enter your choice (1-3) and press return:\n");
         scanf("%d",&ch);
}
       return (ch);
     }
 
   void get_prog-ch()
     {
       printf(" this gets you the channels");
     }
 
   void get_prog_cat()
     {
       printf(" By category");
     }
 
   void get_prog_sub()
     {
       printf("By sub category");
     }
 
 
}
 
 

[JosAH]

Check your curly brackets; I suspect you forgot one just before the display_menu
function. Other things might be wrong too; carefully read what your compiler has
to say about it.

kind regards,

Jos

[fatboySudsy]

Ok have looked at them all and have found a couple of problems that i have since sorted. However now when i try to compile i get a new error message :

[r020032@jaguar sockets1]$ make
gcc -w stream_sockets.o client.c -o client
display_menu
get_selection
get_prog_ch
get_prog_cat
get_prog_sub
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
*** Exit 1
Stop.

Can you please explain what is going on here ?

[Sieira]

I was about to start a new thread, but I think this is the one i need.

I'm getting some conflicting types errors too, what does it mean?


./include/tipos.h:16: error: conflicting types for ‘packet’
./include/tipos.h:16: error: previous declaration of ‘packet’ was here
./include/tipos.h:27: error: conflicting types for ‘frame’
./include/tipos.h:27: error: previous declaration of ‘frame’ was here
./include/tipos.h:34: error: conflicting types for ‘arguments’
./include/tipos.h:34: error: previous declaration of ‘arguments’ was here
./include/tipos.h:36: error: conflicting types for ‘to_physical_layer’
./include/tipos.h:36: error: previous declaration of ‘to_physical_layer’ was here
./include/tipos.h:37: error: conflicting types for ‘from_physical_layer’
./include/tipos.h:37: error: previous declaration of ‘from_physical_layer’ was here
./include/tipos.h:38: error: conflicting types for ‘format_frame’
./include/tipos.h:38: error: previous declaration of ‘format_frame’ was here

[blazedaces]

I was about to start a new thread, but I think this is the one i need.

I'm getting some conflicting types errors too, what does it mean?


./include/tipos.h:16: error: conflicting types for ‘packet’
./include/tipos.h:16: error: previous declaration of ‘packet’ was here
./include/tipos.h:27: error: conflicting types for ‘frame’
./include/tipos.h:27: error: previous declaration of ‘frame’ was here
./include/tipos.h:34: error: conflicting types for ‘arguments’
./include/tipos.h:34: error: previous declaration of ‘arguments’ was here
./include/tipos.h:36: error: conflicting types for ‘to_physical_layer’
./include/tipos.h:36: error: previous declaration of ‘to_physical_layer’ was here
./include/tipos.h:37: error: conflicting types for ‘from_physical_layer’
./include/tipos.h:37: error: previous declaration of ‘from_physical_layer’ was here
./include/tipos.h:38: error: conflicting types for ‘format_frame’
./include/tipos.h:38: error: previous declaration of ‘format_frame’ was here

Start a new thread about this... post your code as well, it would help in figuring out what is indeed the problem.

-blazed