Socket error: connection refused - what am I doing wrong?

Question

I\'ve just started learning the basics of sockets (Linux). I tried my hand at a small example, but it doesn\'t work and I have no idea what\'s wrong.

I get a \"Connectio

Answer 1

Your Answer is: You program is client and it need a server to connect. nc command create server and your program can connect to it.

[root@mg0008 work]# nc -l 127.0.0.1 1234 &
[1] 25380
[root@mg0008 work]# ./socket
Give message: Hello
Hello