Problem in Socket Programming

[abhi]

I am using MinGW compiler for creating a Chat Client in C. Whenever i
use any function of winsock2, my program does not compile and it gives
linker Error.

What could be wrong?
I have included winsock2.h in my program.

Here is Error Message
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Compiler: Default compiler
Building Makefile: "F:\projects\c\chatme\Makefile.win"
Executing make...
make.exe -f "F:\projects\c\chatme\Makefile.win" all
gcc.exe connection.o -o "ChatMe.exe" -L"C:/DevCpp/lib" -mwindows

connection.o(.text+0x32):connection.c: undefined reference to
`gethostbyname@4'
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status

make.exe: *** [ChatMe.exe] Error 1

Execution terminated
------------------------------------------------------------------------------

and my program is
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
#include<winsock2.h>

int main (int argc, char **argv)
{
struct hostent *hostent;
int fd;
struct sockaddr_in sockaddr;

hostent = gethostbyname("scs.msg.yahoo.com");
return 0;
}

Please Help me

 

[Dave Vandervies]

I am using MinGW compiler for creating a Chat Client in C. Whenever i
use any function of winsock2, my program does not compile and it gives
linker Error.

Neither MinGW nor winsock2 are defined by the C language, which puts
them beyond the scope of comp.lang.c .

If the problem is a Windows problem, comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.win32
would probably be a good place to ask; if it's a MinGW problem,
gnu.gcc.help might be a good first place to ask, but there may be
somewhere MinGW-specific where you'd be better off.

Here is Error Message
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Compiler: Default compiler
Building Makefile: "F:\projects\c\chatme\Makefile.win"
Executing make...
make.exe -f "F:\projects\c\chatme\Makefile.win" all
gcc.exe connection.o -o "ChatMe.exe" -L"C:/DevCpp/lib" -mwindows

connection.o(.text+0x32):connection.c: undefined reference to
`gethostbyname@4'
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status

It looks like either the linker is improperly installed and you're missing
a library it needs, or you're invoking it incorrectly and it's not being
told to look in a library that it should be looking at.


dave

 

[Flash Gordon]

Dave Vandervies wrote, On 27/03/07 17:52:

It looks like either the linker is improperly installed and you're missing
a library it needs, or you're invoking it incorrectly and it's not being
told to look in a library that it should be looking at.

Of course, reading the comp.lang.c FAQ which describes a similar problem
with maths functions would also point the OP in the right direction.

 

[Kenneth Brody]

I am using MinGW compiler for creating a Chat Client in C. Whenever i
use any function of winsock2, my program does not compile and it gives
linker Error.

What could be wrong?
I have included winsock2.h in my program. [...]
connection.o(.text+0x32):connection.c: undefined reference to
`gethostbyname@4'
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status

[...]

Well, sockets are beyond the scope of comp.lang.c, but the problem
isn't socket-specific. Rather, you need to tell the linker to add
the required library to its search. Which library, and how to do
this, is Windows-specific, and perhaps even MinGW-specific. You'll
need to ask in a Windows or MinGW newsgroup for further help.

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