Short answer No, SOCKETs should not be marked inheritable. When certain Layered Service Providers (LSPs) are installed, the inherited handles simply can’t be used in the child. As an added irritation, see the related issue “Can TCP SOCKETS be marked non-inheritable?”. Briefly, you can’t rely on being able to inherit the sockets, but nor can … Read more
The lib file of winsock is “ws_32.lib” (or “ws2_32.lib”), please make sure you’ve added it.
Since I don’t know what information you are looking for, I’ll try to describe how to set up a socket program and what pitfalls I’ve run into. To start with, *read the Winsock tutorial at MSDN. This is a basic program to connect, send a message and disconnect. It’s great for getting a feel for … Read more
Put the -lws2_32 AFTER the list of object files – GCC searches libraries and object files in the order they appear on the command line. Just to help the other viewers out there: gcc hello.c -o hello.o -lws2_32
You need to change your reading code. You cannot read chunked data using a fixed-length buffer like you are trying to do. The data is sent in variable-length chunks, where each chunk has a header that specifies the actual length of the chunk in bytes, and the final chunk of the data has a length … Read more