MGuardia10 / 42cursus_minitalk

Small data exchange program using UNIX signals.

42Madrid - minitalk

The purpose of this project is to code a small data exchange program using UNIX signals. The client receives a string which is sent to the server and displayed on the standar output. The bonus part supports UNICODE characters and displays a message on the client once the server finish printing the string sent.

You can see the subject HERE

Installing and running the project:

1- Clone this repository

git clone https://github.com/MGuardia10/42cursus_minitalk.git

2- Navigate to the new directory and run make

cd 42cursus_minitalk
make
make bonus

3- make clean to remove the object files and work on a cleaner directory

make clean

4- Run server and copy its PID to the client alongside the string you want to send.

./server
./client <SERVER_PID> <STRING_TO_PASS>

or

./server_bonus
./client_bonus <SERVER_PID> <STRING_TO_PASS>

Compiling the Program

The minitalk program comes with a Makefile that includes the following rules:

• all: compiles the programs
• re: recompiles the programs
• bonus: compiles bonus files for the bonus features.
• clean: removes all object files
• fclean: removes all object files and client/server programs

Resources:

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83M5-NPDeWs
• https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man2/sigaction.2.html
• https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man2/kill.2.html
• https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/bitwise-operators-in-c-cpp/
• https://emojidb.org/terminal-emojis

Disclaimer

At 42School, almost every project must be written in accordance to the Norm, the school's coding standard. As a result, the implementation of certain parts may appear strange and for sure had room for improvement.