Accept() in C - Socket Programming

Question

I am trying to code a server using the following example code, but I'm having trouble with these statements in particular.

int Accept(int s, struct sockaddr *addr, socklen_t *addrlen) 
{
     int rc;

     if ((rc = accept(s, addr, addrlen)) < 0)
          unix_error("Accept error");
      return rc;
}
...

socklen_t clientlen = sizeof(struct sockaddr_storage); 
int connectFd = Accept(listenfd, (SA *)&clientaddr, &clientlen)

If I were to use SA, it would pull up an error saying the following:

server.c:175:36: error: ‘SA’ undeclared (first use in this function)  
   connectFd = accept(listenFd, ( SA *  )&clientaddr, &c);  

server.c:175:36: note: each undeclared identifier is reported only once for   each function it appears in   server.c:175:40: error:
expected expression before ‘)’ token  
   connectFd = accept(listenFd, (SA * ) &clientaddr, &c);  
server.c:175:18: error: too few arguments to function ‘accept’  
   connectFd = accept(listenFd, (SA *)&clientaddr, &c);

Is there any way to solve this?

I've never seen SA as a data type in either POSIX or C standard context. Apparently it's from the csapp.h header file. How is it defined? Is it a macro? — cadaniluk
– cadaniluk, Commented May 8, 2016 at 10:25
Because of the example of the link, clientaddr's datatype is "struct sockaddr_storage". Would casting it be safe? — user287474
– user287474, Commented May 8, 2016 at 10:28
@Downvoter : I have, also, never heard of it. The op needs to put that information here if he really wish to get some help.. — sjsam
– sjsam, Commented May 8, 2016 at 10:30

fluter · Accepted Answer · 2016-05-08 10:28:52Z

1

The type SA is not defined in your program, the compiler could not find it, you might want to add following typedef to your program:

typedef struct sockaddr SA;

answered May 8, 2016 at 10:28

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