Why does this code not Bind to a TCP port?

[jasonlambert]

Im still fairly new to sockets in C, so any help appriciated..

void show_error(char *msg, char *func, int line, char *file);

int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {

	struct sockaddr_in inet;
	int inet_len, inet_sock;
	
	if((inet_sock = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0)) == -1) {
		show_error("Could not create socket!", __FUNCTION__, __LINE__, __FILE__);
		return 1;
	}
	memset(&inet, 0, sizeof(inet));
	inet.sin_family = AF_INET;
	inet.sin_port = htons(9000);
	
	if(!inet_aton("127.0.0.23", &inet.sin_addr)) {
		show_error("error in inet_aton", __FUNCTION__, __LINE__, __FILE__);
		return 1;
	}
	
	inet_len = sizeof(inet);

	if(bind(inet_sock, (struct sockaddr *)&inet, inet_len) == -1) {
		show_error("Could not bind()", __FUNCTION__, __LINE__, __FILE__);
		return 1;
	}
	
	return 0;
}

void show_error(char *msg, char *func, int line, char *file) {

	printf("Error: %s in %s() on line %d in file %s\n", msg, func, line, file);
	return;
}

Compiles without warnings, executes ok. But doesnt bind?

Any help?

Cheers,

Jason

[jasonlambert]

ok, found it out...

needed to call listen() after the bind()

doh!

Jason