Chat Server

Chat Server of which socket can be configured / customized in C++.

Requirements

• Ubuntu

Working Principle

• Select based.
• Thread based. 2 threads will be in use:
  • 1 for listening & conn. / disconn. reqs. & receiving data
  • 1 for sending the received data to all connected clients

Build & Run

• Build:
  • g++ main.cpp -o ChatServer server_sock.cpp -pthread
• Run:
  • ./ChatServer

Helpful Commands

• $ lsof -i:PORT_NUMBER can be used to see the list of PIDs which have work on PORT_NUMBER.
• $ sudo kill -9 PID_TO_KILL can be used to kill all / previous one before starting ChatServer.