CreateTCPServerSocket.c

#include <sys/socket.h> /* for socket(), bind(), and connect() */
#include <arpa/inet.h>  /* for sockaddr_in and inet_ntoa() */
#include <string.h>     /* for memset() */

#define MAXPENDING 5    /* Maximum outstanding connection requests */

void DieWithError(char *errorMessage);  /* Error handling function */

int CreateTCPServerSocket(unsigned short port)
{
    int sock;                        /* socket to create */
    struct sockaddr_in echoServAddr; /* Local address */

    /* Create socket for incoming connections */
    if ((sock = socket(PF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, IPPROTO_TCP)) < 0)
        DieWithError("socket() failed");
      
    /* Construct local address structure */
    memset(&echoServAddr, 0, sizeof(echoServAddr));   /* Zero out structure */
    echoServAddr.sin_family = AF_INET;                /* Internet address family */
    echoServAddr.sin_addr.s_addr = htonl(INADDR_ANY); /* Any incoming interface */
    echoServAddr.sin_port = htons(port);              /* Local port */

    /* Bind to the local address */
    if (bind(sock, (struct sockaddr *) &echoServAddr, sizeof(echoServAddr)) < 0)
        DieWithError("bind() failed");

    /* Mark the socket so it will listen for incoming connections */
    if (listen(sock, MAXPENDING) < 0)
        DieWithError("listen() failed");

    return sock;
}