README.md

TCP-File-Transfer

C++ programs to transfer a Text file from server to client using TCP

Basic Instructions

The CPP files were compiled and ran on Ubuntu [WSL].

Direction of file Transfer: Server to Client.
The path of text file to send can be changed in the file_server.cpp on line 37.

NOTE: The char array buffer in file_client.cpp is default to 1KB, you may need to increase the file size as per the larger file's size.

References for function used in the code...

• Socket Programming basics : https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/socket-programming-cc/

Socket Program basics

• inet_pton() : http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man3/inet_pton.3.html

• sockaddr_in and in_addr : https://www.gta.ufrj.br/ensino/eel878/sockets/sockaddr_inman.html

• socket() : http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man2/socket.2.html

• bind() : http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man2/bind.2.html

• listen() : http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man2/listen.2.html

• accept() : http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man2/accept.2.html

• read() : http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man2/read.2.html

• send() : http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man2/send.2.html

File handling

• Copying whole text to string buffer before transmission
  https://stackoverflow.com/questions/18398167/how-to-copy-a-txt-file-to-a-char-array-in-c

Good luck!