dn46 / c-chat

Chat Server

This is a simple chat server written in C. It uses the socket API to communicate over the internet, and the poll API to handle multiple connections.

Compilation

To compile the chat server, you need to have GCC installed on your system. You can compile the server using the provided Makefile:

make

Usage

To start the server, simply run the compiled executable:

./chat-server

Afterwards, start the client by running the other compiled executable:

./chat-client

The server will listen for incoming connections on port 9999.