anschwa / chatd

Chatd is a simple multi-threaded TCP chat server and client written in C.

CS 410 TCP Chat Lab

Chatd is a simple multi-threaded TCP chat server and client written in C.

Building

• make to build project client and server binaries
• make clean to remove client and server binaries

Running

• ./server <port> starts the chatd server
• ./client <hostname> <port> launches client and connects to server

Chatd Protocol

• /user <name>
  • changes username
• /post <message>
  • send a message to the server (and connected clients)
• /who
  • list connected clients
• /help
  • list available commands
• /quit
  • disconnect from server

Notes

• Unimplemented
  • error and success status codes
• Observations
  • Messages are read from the server and printed to the client’s screen every 2 seconds.
  • Client must press return (or send empty message) twice before the client program will exit after disconnecting from the sever.