ChatterBox

A simple client-server chat application with AF_UNIX sokets.

Unzip it and compile it using make all. Two executables files will appear: chatty (server), client (client).

Use ./chatty -f DATA/chatty.conf1 or ./chatty -f DATA/chatty.conf2 to lunch the server.
"DATA/chatty.conf1" and "DATA/chatty.conf2" are two configuration files for the server, read them to find out the adjustable values.

Use:
./client -l /path/to/the/connection/socket -k nick -c nick -[gad] group -t milli -S msg:to -s file:to -R n -h

• -l specify the connection socket location
• -k specify the client's nickname
• -c specify the user's nickname to be registered
• -C specify the user's nickname to be unregistered
• -g specify the group's nickname to be registered
• -a add the user's nickname nick to the group specified by the groupname group
• -d remove the user's nickname nick from the group specified by the groupname group
• -L to send the request for the online users list
• -p to retrieve the message history
• -t specify the milliseconds between an operation and the next
• -S send the message msg to the receiver to that can be the nickname of a user or of a group
• -s as -S but it permit to send files
• -R wait to receive messages. The behaviour is different based on the value of n: . n > 0: wait to receive 'n' messages and then execute the next command . n <= 0: wait to receive one or more message indefinitely.

For further (in italian) information and description read the Relazione.pdf.
For implementation details run doxygen Doxyfile in the project directory, it will generate the code documentation in html format and you can read it opening Documentazione/html/index.html.

🍻 Cheers!