Re: A quick socket question

joe_at_invalid.address
Date: 09/27/03 

Date: Sat, 27 Sep 2003 15:46:55 GMT

captainblak2000@yahoo.com writes:

[followup to comp.lang.c not honored, they'll just tell you to go
away]

> I am new to socket programming and have this declaration here.
>
> #include <sys/socket.h>
> #include <sys/types.h>
> #include <string.h>
>
> #define DEST_IP "192.168.0.3"
> #define DEST_PORT 23
>
> int main (void)
> {
> struct sockaddr_in dest_addr;
> ...
> }
>
> when i compile with gcc i get
> socktest.c: In function `main':
> socktest.c:10: storage size of `dest_addr' isn't known
>
> what is the problem and how do i solve it?

The problem is that you didn't include the header file that declares
struct sockaddr_in, which is <netinet/in.h>. The solution is to
include it.

When the compiler tells you that something is of unknown size, or is
an icomplete type, that's usually what happened.

Joe

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