Read: Time Server

Check out the code in labs/lab-12/tasks/time-server/support/server.c and labs/lab-12/tasks/time-server/support/client.c.

This is a simple program consisting of a server and a client. The server uses a tcp socket to wait for connections. Once a client has connected, the server will send the current time to it. The client will then print the received time to the console.

Let’s build and run this example:

student@os:~/.../support$ make
student@os:~/.../support$ ./server

Then, in another terminal:

student@os:~/.../support$ ./client 127.0.0.1 2000
The time is Thu Sep  1 11:48:03 2022

Python Version

In labs/lab-12/tasks/time-server/support/python we have the equivalent python implementation for both the server and client:

student@os:~/.../support/python$ python3 server.py

student@os:~/.../support/python$ python3 client.py 127.0.0.1 2000
The time is Thu Sep  1 11:58:01 2022