Question

This is the server (sendfile) part:

offset = 0;
for (size_to_send = fsize; size_to_send > 0; ){
  rc = sendfile(newsockd, fd, &offset, size_to_send);
  if (rc <= 0){
    perror("sendfile");
    onexit(newsockd, sockd, fd, 3);
  }
  offset += rc;
  size_to_send -= rc;
}
close(fd); /* la chiusura del file va qui altrimenti rischio loop infinito e scrittura all'interno del file */

memset(buffer, 0, sizeof(buffer));
strcpy(buffer, "226 File Successfully transfered\n");
if(send(newsockd, buffer, strlen(buffer), 0) < 0){
  perror("Errore durante l'invio 226");
  onexit(newsockd, sockd, 0, 2);
}
memset(buffer, 0, sizeof(buffer));

and this is the part of the client (recv file) part:

    fsize_tmp = fsize;
    sInfo.filebuffer = malloc(fsize);
  if(sInfo.filebuffer == NULL){
    perror("malloc");
    onexit(sockd, 0, fd, 4);
  }

  while(((uint32_t)total_bytes_read != fsize) && ((nread = read(sockd, sInfo.filebuffer, fsize_tmp)) > 0)){
    if(write(fd, sInfo.filebuffer, nread) != nread){
            perror("write RETR");
            onexit(sockd, 0, 0, 1);
        }
        total_bytes_read += nread;
        fsize_tmp -= nread;
    }
  close(fd); /* la chiusura del file va qui altrimenti client entra in loop infinito e si scrive all'interno del file */

    memset(buffer, 0, sizeof(buffer));
    if(recv(sockd, buffer, 34, 0) < 0){
    perror("Errore ricezione 226");
    onexit(sockd, 0, 0, 1);
  }
  printf("%s", buffer);
  memset(buffer, 0, sizeof(buffer));
  memset(dirpath, 0, sizeof(dirpath));
  free(sInfo.filebuffer);

The problem is that the string “226 File etc etc” is written inside the file that has been sent.
I’ve tried to do a small debug and so i’ve added a printf after the for loop (server sendfile) and a printf after the while loop (client) and i’ve noticed that the file is sent but on the client it doesn’t exit from the while because the printf isn’t printed…
Why i got this strange behaviour??
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EDIT:
The server send the file size to the client whit this code:

  fd = open(filename, O_RDONLY);
    if(fd < 0){
    error!!
    }

    if(fstat(fd, &fileStat) < 0){
        perror("Errore fstat");
        onexit(newsockd, sockd, fd, 3);
    }
    fsize = fileStat.st_size;
    if(send(newsockd, &fsize, sizeof(fsize), 0) < 0){
      perror("Errore durante l'invio della grandezza del file\n");
      onexit(newsockd, sockd, fd, 3);
     }

the client receives the fsize from the server with this code:

if(read(sockd, &fsize, sizeof(fsize)) < 0){
    perror("Errore durante ricezione grandezza file\n");
    onexit(sockd, 0 ,0 ,1);
}
fd = open(sInfo.filename, O_CREAT | O_WRONLY, 0644);
if (fd  < 0) {
    perror("open");
    onexit(sockd, 0 ,0 ,1);
}
fsize_tmp = fsize;

both fsize are declared as uint32_t…

Answer 1

Try this code:

Client side:

/* Client code */
/* TODO : Modify to meet your need */
#include <stdio.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/socket.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <errno.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <arpa/inet.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <netinet/in.h>

#define PORT_NUMBER     5000
#define SERVER_ADDRESS  "192.168.1.7"
#define FILENAME        "/home/toc/foo.c"

int main(int argc, char **argv)
{
        int client_socket;
        ssize_t len;
        struct sockaddr_in remote_addr;
        char buffer[BUFSIZ];
        int file_size;
        FILE *received_file;
        int remain_data = 0;

        /* Zeroing remote_addr struct */
        memset(&remote_addr, 0, sizeof(remote_addr));

        /* Construct remote_addr struct */
        remote_addr.sin_family = AF_INET;
        inet_pton(AF_INET, SERVER_ADDRESS, &(remote_addr.sin_addr));
        remote_addr.sin_port = htons(PORT_NUMBER);

        /* Create client socket */
        client_socket = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
        if (client_socket == -1)
        {
                fprintf(stderr, "Error creating socket --> %s\n", strerror(errno));

                exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
        }

        /* Connect to the server */
        if (connect(client_socket, (struct sockaddr *)&remote_addr, sizeof(struct sockaddr)) == -1)
        {
                fprintf(stderr, "Error on connect --> %s\n", strerror(errno));

                exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
        }

        /* Receiving file size */
        recv(client_socket, buffer, BUFSIZ, 0);
        file_size = atoi(buffer);
        //fprintf(stdout, "\nFile size : %d\n", file_size);

        received_file = fopen(FILENAME, "w");
        if (received_file == NULL)
        {
                fprintf(stderr, "Failed to open file foo --> %s\n", strerror(errno));

                exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
        }

        remain_data = file_size;

        while ((remain_data > 0) && ((len = recv(client_socket, buffer, BUFSIZ, 0)) > 0))
        {
                fwrite(buffer, sizeof(char), len, received_file);
                remain_data -= len;
                fprintf(stdout, "Receive %d bytes and we hope :- %d bytes\n", len, remain_data);
        }
        fclose(received_file);

        close(client_socket);

        return 0;
}

Server side:

/* Server code */
/* TODO : Modify to meet your need */
#include <stdio.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/socket.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <errno.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <arpa/inet.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <netinet/in.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <sys/sendfile.h>

#define PORT_NUMBER     5000
#define SERVER_ADDRESS  "192.168.1.7"
#define FILE_TO_SEND    "hello.c"

int main(int argc, char **argv)
{
        int server_socket;
        int peer_socket;
        socklen_t       sock_len;
        ssize_t len;
        struct sockaddr_in      server_addr;
        struct sockaddr_in      peer_addr;
        int fd;
        int sent_bytes = 0;
        char file_size[256];
        struct stat file_stat;
        int offset;
        int remain_data;

        /* Create server socket */
        server_socket = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
        if (server_socket == -1)
        {
                fprintf(stderr, "Error creating socket --> %s", strerror(errno));

                exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
        }

        /* Zeroing server_addr struct */
        memset(&server_addr, 0, sizeof(server_addr));
        /* Construct server_addr struct */
        server_addr.sin_family = AF_INET;
        inet_pton(AF_INET, SERVER_ADDRESS, &(server_addr.sin_addr));
        server_addr.sin_port = htons(PORT_NUMBER);

        /* Bind */
        if ((bind(server_socket, (struct sockaddr *)&server_addr, sizeof(struct sockaddr))) == -1)
        {
                fprintf(stderr, "Error on bind --> %s", strerror(errno));

                exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
        }

        /* Listening to incoming connections */
        if ((listen(server_socket, 5)) == -1)
        {
                fprintf(stderr, "Error on listen --> %s", strerror(errno));

                exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
        }

        fd = open(FILE_TO_SEND, O_RDONLY);
        if (fd == -1)
        {
                fprintf(stderr, "Error opening file --> %s", strerror(errno));

                exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
        }

        /* Get file stats */
        if (fstat(fd, &file_stat) < 0)
        {
                fprintf(stderr, "Error fstat --> %s", strerror(errno));

                exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
        }

        fprintf(stdout, "File Size: \n%d bytes\n", file_stat.st_size);

        sock_len = sizeof(struct sockaddr_in);
        /* Accepting incoming peers */
        peer_socket = accept(server_socket, (struct sockaddr *)&peer_addr, &sock_len);
        if (peer_socket == -1)
        {
                fprintf(stderr, "Error on accept --> %s", strerror(errno));

                exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
        }
        fprintf(stdout, "Accept peer --> %s\n", inet_ntoa(peer_addr.sin_addr));

        sprintf(file_size, "%d", file_stat.st_size);

        /* Sending file size */
        len = send(peer_socket, file_size, sizeof(file_size), 0);
        if (len < 0)
        {
              fprintf(stderr, "Error on sending greetings --> %s", strerror(errno));

              exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
        }

        fprintf(stdout, "Server sent %d bytes for the size\n", len);

        offset = 0;
        remain_data = file_stat.st_size;
        /* Sending file data */
        while (((sent_bytes = sendfile(peer_socket, fd, &offset, BUFSIZ)) > 0) && (remain_data > 0))
        {
                fprintf(stdout, "1. Server sent %d bytes from file's data, offset is now : %d and remaining data = %d\n", sent_bytes, offset, remain_data);
                remain_data -= sent_bytes;
                fprintf(stdout, "2. Server sent %d bytes from file's data, offset is now : %d and remaining data = %d\n", sent_bytes, offset, remain_data);
        }

        close(peer_socket);
        close(server_socket);

        return 0;
}

EDIT : Adding explanation from the man about the offset

The man page of send file said:

If offset is not NULL, then it points to a variable holding the file
offset from which sendfile() will start reading data from in_fd.
When sendfile() returns, this variable will be set to the offset of the byte following the last byte that was read.