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user2467899
user2467899

Reputation: 575

send file size with socket

How send a long through a socket? and How to receive it?

Server:

                long size;

                f = fopen("file.txt","r");;

                fseek(f,0,SEEK_END);

                size = ftell(f);

                rewind(f);

                printf("Size: %ld Bytes\n",size);

                /* send "size" with send method */

                send(socket,???,???,0);

Client:

                long size;

                recv(socket,???,???,0);

Thanks to all for the help.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 389

Answers (1)

Carl Norum
Carl Norum

Reputation: 225162

Assuming the same endianness and sizeof(long) on both sides of the connection:

send(socket, &size, sizeof size, 0);

and:

recv(socket, &size, sizeof size, 0);

Those assumptions may not be correct, though, so be careful.

Upvotes: 1

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