This project attempts to create a client and a server. Note, the client and server are thought to have their own unique filespace, therefore, it is discouraged to run the two executables in the same folder.
To make the project, simply navigate to the code directores and run 'make' on a linux terminal. Create a folder for client, and move the executable to that folder, to ensure that the local spaces of each program are not opening the same resources. i.e
cd EEL4781_Project
make
mkdir out
mv client out/client
gnome-terminal
./server
Now in the terminal opened by gnome-terminal, you will want to run the client side command, an example would be:
./client localhost FILE_NAME_W_TYPE
additional flags for running include -w with write, -s for start byte, and -e for end byte.
The client and server are agreeing to what information is sent or received based on a struct with specific enum information. Based on the flags and or values in this struct, it denotes whether the server is sending or receiving a file, what portion of a file to send, errors, ect.
The struct has explicit size using unsigned integers, with a width of each ensuring no overflow could occur. This way, there is not issue in reading out information from the socket, as it will always be the same number of bytes. Additionally, the file_name is fixed in this implementation to 255 bytes
For the GET commands, open up a webrowser, and navigate to the port that is used in the program. It is defined in file-server.h, as SERVER_PORT
Example URL:
localhost:SERVER_PORT/text.txt
Note the file type at the end of the request, this is needed for the get request to work. If a file is requested that is not server side, a 404 error will appear.
In the server class, you can toggle the Debug global variable to denote whether to see debug messages. These include the percentage (in units of 10%) displayed out to stdout. The above also includes when the file has finished sending. The debug variable is found in the server.c file, and is defined. 0 will print no messages, 1 will print error messages. Other values are not defined. The client will only print out error messages, from parsing the struct sent by the server.
- Chance Reimer