Project Overview

This project aims to create a chat application by manipulating TCP.

Project Members

Patrick Bald (pbald)
John Quinn (jquinn13)
Rob Reutiman (rreutima)

Project Structure

• server: Directory containing server source code, makefile, and example files
• client: Directory containing client source code, makefile, and example files
• server/server.cpp: Source code for server
• server/authfile.txt: File containing the usernames and passwords of users
• client/client.cpp: Source code for client

To Run

foo@comp1 $ cd server
foo@comp1 $ make
foo@comp1 $ ./chatserver $(PORT)

foo@comp2 $ cd client
foo@comp2 $ make
foo@comp2 $ ./chatclient $(COMP1) $(PORT) $(USERNAME)

Example Commands

foo@comp2 $ BM
foo@comp2 $ PM
foo@comp2 $ EX